Attitude Quote by Henry Adams

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else.

— Henry Adams

One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.

— Thomas Paine

One good schoolmaster is worth a thousand priests.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

Times have changed since George Herbert... but the principle and spirit in which he ministered as a priest remains an inspiration and model for…

— Arthur Middleton

Any politician is to a certain degree a mentor. They preach something.

— Dmitry Medvedev

“His was the profession at that era in which intellectual ability displayed itself far more than in political life; for—leaving a higher motive out…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

The average schoolmaster is and always must be essentially an ass, for how can one imagine an intelligent man engaging in so puerile an…

— H. L. Mencken

Those who are used to a clergy take very lightly those who do not have a formal divinity degree: like Paul and Peter and…

— Dallin H. Oaks

He who doesn't know how to be a servant should never be allowed to be a master; the interests of public life are alien…

— Anton Chekhov

For politicians truth and falsehood are unimportant. So I never could become a politician - not even a church politician.

— Martin Niemoller

A politician before he can become a statesman has to remain in office long enough.

— Manmohan Singh