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Servant Quotes - Page 4

To serve the public interest is not the same as being a servant of public opinion.

Sidney Hook (1965). “Political Power and Personal Freedom: Critical Studies in Democracy, Communism, and Civil Rights”

The best servant does his work unseen.

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1872). “The Poet at the Breakfast-table: His Talks with His Fellow-boarders and the Reader”, p.171, Boston J.R. Osgood 1872.

If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.

Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1809). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.239

I would rather be a servant in the house of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.

"Alben Barkley dies during speech, April 30, 1956" by Andrew Glass, www.politico.com. April 30, 2015.

To be friends with God means to pray with simplicity, like children talking to their parents.

Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.60, SPCK

My nature is orderly and observant and scrupulous and deeply introverted.

Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Milazzo (1989). “Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates”, p.68, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Those who choose to be servants know the most about being free.

Janette Oke (1993). “The faithful father”, Bethany House Pub

Always and everywhere the servants of Christ are under orders to evangelize

J. I. Packer, Mark Dever (2008). “Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God”, p.13, InterVarsity Press

Ronald Reagan, whatever his pros and cons were, was a public servant in the end.

"Exclusive: A Conversation With Eugene Jarecki, Director of Reagan Doc". Interview with Tommy Christopher, www.mediaite.com. February 7, 2011.

Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master.

Agatha Christie (2015). “The Mysterious Affair at Styles”, p.69, Booklassic

I fell far short of living up to the kind of public servant I wanted to be.

Scott McClellan (2008). “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception”, p.10, PublicAffairs