#servant

Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master. ↗

— P. T. Barnum

#fire #life #master #money #respects

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

#against #am #be patient #best #develop

The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person - her husband. ↗

— Lady Bird Johnson

#first #first lady #her #husband #lady

My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests. ↗

— George Santayana

#denies #fashioned #gods #human #image

The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#advantage #attitude #because #constructed #great

The chief means of resisting manipulation is humility – knowing who we really are and facing it. You can only serve by love. You can only love by choice. True love cannot be the result of decree, force or manipulation. Jesus always kept his strength to make loving choices. He calls us to make loving choices necessary to be the servant of all." "Humility permits me to own my feelings – and to admit them. Now I'm free to say, ‘I'm angry’. I'm free to admit what I am reacting to. I am free to ask if anger is what the person wanted to produce in me, and to ask for help in changing if my reaction is inappropriate. ↗

— Gayle D. Erwin

#manipulation #servanthood #anger

Seek the Blame; Give Away the Fame ↗

— Miles Anthony Smith

#leadership #quotes-to-live-by #sacrifice #servant-leader #inspirational

Stop Destroying Shareholder Value ↗

— Miles Anthony Smith

#leadership #quotes-to-live-by #sacrifice #servant-leader #inspirational

There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as civil servants retire, we are not doing enough to develop and nurture the next generation of public servants. ↗

— Daniel Akaka

#civil #civil servants #crisis #decades #develop

I like some of the young guys like Senator Thune. He's a guy that looks good. He's very articulate, he's very smart, and he truly is a public servant. ↗

— John Boozman

#good #guy #guys #i #like