Servant Quotes

848 quotes by 623 authors

It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout most of our political history, the intellectual has been for… — Richard Hofstadter
If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public. — Kin Hubbard
Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant. — Victor Hugo
I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God… — Jesse Jackson
My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy,… — Naveen Jain
Come forward as servants of Islam, organise the people economically, socially, educationally and politically and I am sure that you will be a power that… — Muhammad Ali Jinnah
You'll see more and more perfection of that - computer as servant. But the next thing is going to be computer as a guide or… — Steve Jobs
We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It… — Barbara Jordan
It is a symbol of Irish art. The cracked looking-glass of a servant. — James Joyce
Dear God, please take care of your servant John Fitzgerald Kennedy. — Jackie Kennedy
And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God,… — Hans Kung
I was induced to establish several orders of merit, from conviction that emulation, well directed, becomes a useful servant; and, that the latent genius of… — Joseph Lancaster
Firefighters are some of the most selfless public servants you will ever encounter. — Denis Leary
Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger… — Mike Leigh
The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions. — Abraham Lincoln
The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the… — Walter Lippmann
The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are… — Franz Liszt
I have a huge admiration for the House of Lords, I have a huge admiration for the people who work in the House of Lords,… — John Major
I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people. — Nelson Mandela
A biblical false prophet was a servant of the devil attempting to lead people away from the truth. — Walter Martin

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