If thou are a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.
Dr. Thomas Fuller
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! It is a dangerous servant and a terrible master.
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
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
George Washington
To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.
Pope John Paul Ii
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.
Theodore Parker
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 the most part either an outsider, a servant or a scapegoat.
Richard Hofstadter
The safest course for all of us as public officials is simply to throw all the money in a sack. Or in the way of one servant in the Biblical parable of the talents, bury the money in the ground rather than accept any risk. The servant's business plan proved reliable but ineffective.
Dave Freudenthal
I remain your servant and I will do as you ask of me.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
I would rather be a servant in the house of the Lord than set in the seat of the mighty.
Alben William Barkley
The Society of Professional Journalists in their code of ethics says that journalists should avoid conflicts of interest real or perceived. Clearly it would be a conflict of interest for anyone acting in a journalism capacity to simultaneously be serving as a public servant.
Al Tompkins
Servant is who you are; prophet is what you do.
Keri Harvey
Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. . . . I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.
Mary Pickford
Phil has been a great servant to the club during his time at Wasps. He was always an exciting player to watch on the pitch, and great company off it.
Chris Wright
She has lived the most remarkable life, as the brilliant performer the world came to know when she was just a child, to the dedicated public servant who has served her country both at home and abroad for 30 years.
Melissa Gilbert
Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.
Phineas Taylor Barnum
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
Max De Pree
But, perhaps, it's where his greatness lies. He has been the most humble servant of the Indian cricket as he kept on chugging on without complaining. There came many despairing moments in his long and distinguished career, but he did not let it affect him. His enthusiasm is exemplary. He is as enthusiastic today as he was years back.
Kapil Dev
You brain shall be your servant instead of your master, You will rule it instead of allowing it to rule you.
Charles E. Popplestone
I do want to say that I know Jim Letten both personally and by reputation, and he is an extraordinary public servant and a very honorable man.
Chuck Rosenberg
The decision to eliminate longevity pay is certainly one that would set a new tone and a new direction in commissioners court for servant leadership in Collin County instead of the Imperial Court.
Keith Self
This (decision) sends entirely the wrong message. English football have lost the message that a footballer is an employee, it is more like the master and servant of centuries ago.
Graham Shear
I've known Jim Letten personally and professionally and I know he has a marvelous reputation in law enforcement, ... He's an honorable and ethical man and an extraordinary public servant.
Chuck Rosenberg
Grant us a brief delay; impulse in everything is but a worthless servant.
Caecilius Statius
[The pope said he was] saddened at the tragic death ... faithful and heroic servant of the state, who, in carrying out the delicate mission that had been given to him, didn't hesitate to sacrifice his life.
Nicola Calipari
Only a Republican prosecutor would indict a career civil servant for pursuing a better deal for taxpayers.
Joe Wineke
John Robinson will be missed. He is a good public servant and always had the best interest of the city in mind.
Mayor Sebastian Giuliano
Whose deep love of country constantly guided her work ethics as evidenced by the high standards of professionalism and toughness she exuded as a public servant.
Ramon Magsaysay
I think he was so popular because he was never a politician, ... I don't think he's a politician even today. I really think George is a public servant. I would say he's the best public servant we've had in central Illinois - local, county, state and federal. He's not just for his party, he's for what's right.
Robert Manning
I say now and have often said before, Fathers of the Senate, that a well-disposed and helpful prince, to whom you have given such great and unrestrained power, ought to be the servant of the Senate, often of the citizens as a whole, and sometimes even of individuals.
Tiberius Caesar
Bill Crawford is the ideal Presbyterian minister. He's very humble, and he's a servant-based man in the way he moves, thinks and acts.
Randy Riddle
He has been a great servant for Leicestershire, Hampshire and England and he's been a really popular bloke in the dressing room. His humour will be missed.
Paul Terry
I don't care what color his socks are, or what color sheets he sleeps between. Christopher Meyer ... has broken some of the absolutely first rules of confidence a senior public servant has.
Denis Macshane
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...
Barry C. Forbes
A servant of God has but one Master.
George Muller
The mayor views this as an opportunity to take a comprehensive view of our Police Department. there are a lot of things to look at. The mayor is looking for a public servant whose integrity and impartiality are beyond reproach.
Peter Ragone
Phil has been a great servant to the club during his time at Wasps.
Chris Wright
Democrats can't find anyone to run against him because he's universally applauded in the state as a sensible, effective, knowledgeable public servant. On anybody's list of distinguished senators, you're going to find Dick Lugar near the top.
Robert Dion
The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband.
Claudia Lady Bird Johnson
It is my PRIDE, my damn d, native, unconquerable Pride, that plunges me into Distraction. You must know that 19 --20th of my Composition is Pride. I must either live a Slave, a Servant; to have no Will of my own, no Sentiments of my own which I may freely declare as such; --or DIE --perplexing alternative!
Thomas Chatterton
It is terrific for us as Ross has been a great servant.
Charlie Christie
In relations between the rich and the strong, between the rich and the poor, between the master and the servant, it's liberty that grinds down, and the law which liberates.
Jean Baptiste Lacordaire
[The attorney general's note said:] You are reminded that to publish the contents of a document which is known to have been unlawfully disclosed by a crown servant is in itself a breach of section 5 of the Official Secrets Act 1989. ... I'm not acting at the request or under the instructions of anybody else in relation to this.
Lord Goldsmith
A man must be master of his hours and days, not their servant.
William Frederick Book
Just about any lawyer in private practice who had a chance to serve in high office would. If they say no, they're kidding. I'm glad of the state experience I'm getting. I've learned a great deal. It's very broadening, this insight into how government works and how people function. What makes it, them, tick. It can only make me a better man, a better lawyer - or a better public servant.
Bill Goldberg
(The monk) is said to close or move unattended books. Though no one ever sees the neat servant of good, his knack for tidiness certainly makes itself known.
Thomas D'agostino
He's a wonderfully reliant public servant. I followed him for a while, but haven't lately because he satisfies me that he's doing the right things, and I know he's doing a great job in the various places that he has power.
Sidney Port
That was his heart -- helping people, being a servant. He laid down his life service to other people.
Jim Murphree
The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person -- her husband.
Lady Bird Johnson
Billy Graham is the chief servant of Satan in America.
Jerry Falwell
It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can be borne with less important objects in view; for the press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.
James F. Cooper
He tried everything but in the end there were just too many things breaking down on him. He's been a great servant, though. After 2004 he might have considered packing it in but he worked valiantly to recover.
Peter Ford
[Calling Hashimi] a brave and dedicated public servant, ... we are deeply saddened.
Ahmad Chalabi
I met with him last week in Baton Rouge to clarify the rules of appointment of a civil servant. I asked him to talk to us, because he can explain it more elegantly than I can. The bottom line is he said we took the correct action.
Darryl Wagley
Are you ready to cut off your head and place your foot on it? If so, come; Love awaits you! Love is not grown in a garden, nor sold in the marketplace; whether you are a king or a servant, the price is your head, and nothing less. Yes, the cost of the elixir of love is your head! Do you hesitate? 0 miser, It is cheap at that price!
Al ghazali
He has been a fantastic servant to Manchester United and there's sadness among United fans that he has left. But all good things come to an end.
Ally Mccoist
Glen was the epitome of the servant leader that Southeastern is all about. He's always willing to help anybody, anywhere, any time. That was his legacy.
John Dunlap
Right now, computers, which are supposed to be our servant, are oppressing us.
Jef Raskin
Michael, your tour of duty here is finished. Your fellow officers will take over your patrol with honor, dignity, and valor. You're God's good and faithful servant. Enter now into the joy of the Lord.
Greg Johnston
The man has forgotten that being a President is being a servant of the people, not their master. It is the people to tell the President what to do, not the President dictating what should be done.
Dr Kizza Besigye
The borrower is servant to the lender, Watch out, or MasterCard will become your master.
Michelle Singletary
The mother as a social servant instead of a home servant will not lack in true mother duty. From her work, loved and honored though it is, she will return to her home life, the child life, with an eager, ceaseless pleasure, cleansed of all the fret and fraction and weariness that so mar it now.
Charlotte P. Gillman
I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way he doesn't have to be an elected public servant to perform a public service.
Warren Beatty
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
Charles de Gaulle
Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
Omar Bradley
We are beginning to wonder whether a servant girl hasn't the best of it after all. She knows how the salad tastes without the dressing, and she knows how life's lived before it gets to the parlor door.
Djuna Barnes
'Death has robbed us of a true servant who was keen on his job.
Njeru Ndwiga
An honest government servant who made a mistake.
Edward O'donnell
Recollection is not something that I can summon up, it simply comes and I am the servant of it.
Edna O'brien
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