Servant Quotes

To the servant of God... every place is the right place, and every time is the right time.

In free governments the rulers are the servants, and the people their superiors and sovereigns.

Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.

The only music minister to whom the Lord will say, 'Well done, thy good and faithful servant,' is the one whose life proves what their lyrics are saying, and to whom music is the least important part of their life. Glorifying the only worthy One has to be a minister's most important goal!

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. We will not solve the problems of the world from the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. More than anything else, this new century demands new thinking: We must change our materially based analyses of the world around us to include broader, more multidimensional perspectives.

If God is the Creator of the entire universe, then it must follow that He is the Lord of the whole universe. No part of the world is outside of His lordship. That means that no part of my life must be outside of His lordship.

Even on the cross He did not hide Himself from sight; rather, He made all creation witness to the presence of its Maker.

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift.

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.

The greatest weakness in the church today is that the servants of God keep looking over their shoulder for the approval of men.

Money is a great servant but a bad master.

I have nothing to hide. I am a servant of the living God. He is the only one I answer to.

A Christian minister is a person who in a peculiar sense is not his own; he is the servant of God, and therefore ought to be wholly devoted to Him.

The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.

God is not looking for more stars; He's looking for more servants.

The first miracle after the baptism of the Holy Ghost was wroughtly upon a beggar. It means that the first service of a Holy Ghost-baptized church is to the poor; that its ministry is to those who are lowest down; that its gifts are for those who need them the most. As the Spirit was upon Jesus to preach the gospel to the poor, so His Spirit is upon His servants for the same purpose.

My legacy doesn't matter. It isn't important that I be remembered. It's important that when I stand before the Lord, he says, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.' I want to finish strong.

Servant leadership always empathizes, always accepts the person, but sometimes refuses to accept some of the person's effort or performance as good enough.

The measure of a man is not how many servants he has but how many men he serves .

Where there is not community, trust, respect, ethical behavior are difficult for the young to learn and for the old to maintain.

Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.

Ego can’t sleep. It micro-manages. It disempowers. It reduces our capability. It excels in control.

...the best leaders are servant leaders - they serve those they lead.

I think He intends to try you like gold in the crucible, so as to number you amongst His most faithful servants. Therefore you must lovingly embrace all occasions of suffering, considering them as precious tokens of His love. To suffer in silence and without complaint is what He asks of you.

With bad laws and good civil servants it's still possible to govern. But with bad civil servants even the best laws can't help.