Top 25 Servant Quotes of 138 - Page 3

A servant of God has but one Master. It ill becomes the servant to seek to be rich, and great, and honored in that world where his Lord was poor, and mean, and despised.

George Muller

Mean Girls, Servant Of God, World

Do you know about Hanuman, sir? He was the faithful servant of the god Rama, and we worship him in our temples because he is a shining example of how to serve your masters with absolute fidelity, love, and devotion. These are the kinds of gods they have foisted on us Mr. Jiabao. Understand, now, how hard it is for a man to win his freedom in India.

Aravind Adiga

Winning, Men, Faithful Servants

Aravind Adiga (2008). “The White Tiger”, p.16, Atlantic Books Ltd

The devil helps his servants for a season; but when they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the lurch.

Roger L'Estrange

Evil, Helping, Servant

Study always to have Joy, for it befits not the servant of God to show before his brother or another sadness or a troubled face.

Francis of Assisi

Brother, Sadness, Servant Of God

Saint Francis (of Assisi) (1951). “The Little Flowers of St. Francis: The Mirror of Perfection; The Life of St. Francis”

The motto of all true servants of God must be, ‘We preach Christ; and him crucified.’ A sermon without Christ in it is like a loaf of bread without any flour in it. No Christ in your sermon, sir? Then go home, and never preach again until you have something worth preaching.

Charles Spurgeon

Home, Servant Of God, Religion

A true servant of Mary cannot be lost.

Alphonsus Liguori

Lost, Mary, Servant

Alphonsus Liguori (2014). “The Glories of Mary (annotated)”, p.123

We are unprofitable servants, we have done what we were obliged to do.

Luke the Evangelist

Catholic, Done, Servant

Never, ever forget that you are a servant.

David Neeleman

Forget, Servant

A leader must have a servant's heart. And if he has a servant's heart, he will act like a servant and react like a servant when he is treated like a servant.

Wayne Mack

Heart, Leader, Servant

It is an old custom of the servants of God to have some little prayer ready and to be frequently darting them up to heaven during the day, lifting their minds to God out of the mire of this world.

Philip Neri

Prayer, Servant Of God, Heaven

We are servants rather than masters in mathematics.

Charles Hermite

Mathematics, Masters, Servant

If you're truly obsessed over customers, it'll cover a lot of errors.

Jeff Bezos

Errors, Servant Leadership, Obsessed

When you knock, ask to see God — none of the servants.

Henry David Thoreau

God, Servant, Asks

Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Familiar Letters (Annotated Edition)”, p.131, Jazzybee Verlag

If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.

Adam Clarke

Heart, Faithful Servants, Honor

Adam Clarke (1820). “Clavis Biblica; or, a Compendium of Scriptural Knowledge; containing a general view of the contents of the Old and New Testaments ... originally drawn up for the instruction of Two Teerunanxies, or High Priests of Budhoo, from the Island of Ceylon”, p.5

He who has conquered the internal nature controls the whole universe; it becomes his servant.

Swami Vivekananda

Servant, Internals, Whole

Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature”, p.112, Advaita Ashrama

Above all, leadership is a position of servanthood.

Max De Pree

Position, Servanthood

Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us.

John Owen

Servant Of God, Christ, Servant

John Owen (1862). “The Works of John Owen”, p.605

Slaves do what others want. Servants do what others need.

James Hunter

Needs, Want, Servant Leadership

James C. Hunter (2008). “The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership”, p.65, Crown Business

All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; [...] magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them.

George Mason

People, Servant, All Time

"The Federal and State Constitutions Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the States, Territories, and Colonies Now or Heretofore Forming the United States of America" compiled and edited by Newton Thorpe, Washington, DC : Government Printing Office, 1909.