#servant

Never had there been such an attempt to make conquest the servant of civilization. About keeping India there is no question. England has a real duty there. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#attempt #been #civilization #conquest #duty

His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants' hall. ↗

— J. M. Barrie

#equal #equality #hall #his #lordship

Lord X was a tyrant, not a revolutionary. He wanted to take over the system, not change it. ↗

— Lois McMaster Bujold

#political #change

Exercising adaptive leadership is about giving meaning to your life beyond your own ambition. ↗

— Ronald Heifetz

#change

Listen for the call of your destiny, and when it comes, release your plans and follow. ↗

— Mollie Marti

#exercise #focus #life-design #purpose #servant-leader

I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first. ↗

— Thomas More

#die #faithful #first #god #i

A faithful servant may be wiser than the master, and yet retain the true spirit and posture of the servant. The humble man looks upon every, the feeblest and unworthiest, child of God, and honors him and prefers him in honor as the son of a King. ↗

— Andrew Murray

#servanthood #faith

And after that until the end, there was no relief from being a girl with chores that she wasn’t being paid for, a girl with no new sandals and a friend who wasn’t a friend but a mistress, and a family that wasn’t but people who owned her and ordered her about, and nothing at all but her pretty breasts and her round bottom and her misbehaving hair to help her feel any different. ↗

— Ru Freeman

#mistress #orphan #pride #servant #family

The question is not "can you wear your father's shoes?". The question is "can you walk in your father's shoes?". It is one thing having a mentor and it is another thing to become like your mentor. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#apprentice #copy #excel #excellence #extra

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

— Janette Oke

#janette-oke #servants #freedom