Followers Quotes - Page 7

adherent, n. A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects to get.

I have a general moral: great philosophers may be great, but that is not a reason to follow them. Don't be a follower. Work it out for yourself.

Nothing is wrong with peace and love. It is all the more regrettable that so many of Christ's followers seem to disagree.

The ideas of theologians are refuted by their adversaries, the ideas of scientists are refuted by their followers.

The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower.

Good leaders must become what they want their followers to become.

After the devil himself, there is no worse folk than the pope and his followers.

We should not be followers of traditions that go against human rights...we are human beings and we make traditions.

Greyface and his followers took the game of playing at life more seriously than they took life itself and were known even to destroy other living beings whose ways of life differed from their own.

He who stands on tiptoe is not steady. He who strides cannot maintain the pace. He who makes a show is not enlightened. He who is self-righteous is not respected. He who boasts achieves nothing. He who brags will not endure. According to followers of the Tao, "These are extra food and unnecessary luggage." They do not bring happiness, therefore followers of the Tao avoid them.

Marriage is not absolutely for making children. But it is absolutely for making children followers of Jesus.

Pure mathematics offers no mercenary inducements to its followers, who is attracted to it by the importance and beauty of the truths in contains; and the complete absence of any material advantage to be gained by means of it, adds perhaps another charm to its study.

A man who will be the public leader, must know how to be the public follower.

I would say that Jesus Christ and his followers were a cult, Buddha and his followers were a cult and Mohammed and his followers were a cult. Every religion starts out as a cult and if it becomes 'box office', it is accepted.

Those outside the church expect followers of Christ to live differently, yet today many in church are chasing after the world - not to win them, but to be like them.

Discharge my followers; let them hence away, From Richard's night to Bolingbrooke's fair day.

It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.

Followers do not like themselves, of course; that's why they crawl. And masters have nothing but contempt for their subservants, which is why they impose such colorful embarrassments upon them.

I don't necessarily need 400 pounds on my back in the squat rack, and then take a picture of myself and send it out to my Twitter followers, 'Part of the 400 pound club today.'

I happen to know people who are followers of Christ in other religions.

The job of a leader today is not to create followers. It’s to create more leaders.

The follower of Tao is always flexible and adaptable to circumstance.

..leaders should be looked upon as being 'in front', 'sharing' rather than 'showing' the way... it is the followers who save leaders and therefore make them.

A follower of the Way (Tao) loses something each day. Loss after loss until arriving at Non Action (Wu Wei).

Jesus called His followers to be a lot of things, but I have yet to find where He warned us to be safe.