Quotes with servant

  • It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business.
  • The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one pound given him by his master was made ruler over ten cities...

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  • B. R. Ambedkar A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
    B. R. Ambedkar
    Indian jurist, economist and politician (1891 - 1956)
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  • Richard Buckminster Fuller If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf.
    Richard Buckminster Fuller
    American poet, philosopher and inventor (1895 - 1983)
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  • Abraham Joshua Heschel Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    Polish-American rabbi (1907 - 1972)
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  • William Congreve 'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.
    William Congreve
    British Dramatist (1670 - 1729)
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  • Martin Luther A good servant is a real godsend, but truly this is a rare bird in the land.
    Martin Luther
     
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  • William Frederick Book A man must be master of his hours and days, not their servant.
    William Frederick Book
    American psychologist and professor of psychology
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  • Herbert Hoover Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.
    On Growing Up: Letters to American Boys & Girls (1962)
    Herbert Hoover
    American engineer, businessman and politician (1874 - 1964)
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  • George Washington Government is not reason and it is not eloquence. It is force! Like fire it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
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  • George Washington Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
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  • John Dryden He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Billy Sunday Hell is the highest reward that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his.
    Billy Sunday
    American athlete and evangelist (1862 - 1935)
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  • Jesse Jackson 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 is not finished with me yet.
    Jesse Jackson
    American Clergyman, Civil Rights Leader (1941 - )
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  • Brigham Young I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master.
    Brigham Young
    American Mormon Leader (1801 - 1877)
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  • Alben W. Barkley I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.
    Alben W. Barkley
    American lawyer and politician (1877 - 1956)
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  • Francis Bacon If money be not they servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Kin Hubbard If there is anything a public servant hates to do it is something for the public.
    Kin Hubbard
    American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist (1868 - 1930)
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  • Benjamin Franklin If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Charles de Gaulle In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
    Charles de Gaulle
    French statesman (1890 - 1970)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero In the master there is a servant, in the servant a master.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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