Quotes About Servant

verse 4 in chapter 14, for instance: "Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To his own kurios (master) he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Kurios (Master or Lord) is able to make him stand" (NIV).

I fell far short of living up to the kind of public servant I wanted to be.

Jesus' life as a foot-washing servant would eventually lead to the adoption of humility as a widely admired virtue.

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.

A true servant of God will never teach a false doctrine. He will never deny new revelation. He never will tell you that the canon of scripture is full, or that the New Testament is the last revelation ever intended to be given to man.

Oswin was the most perfect servant of the Father, always so concerned for figuring out the exact rules and getting himself on the right side of them. Or them on the left side of him. It always stung him when I pointed that out.

For a brief, self-indulgent moment, Ingrey pictured himself drawing his steel and beheading his servant. Alas, the hall was too narrow for such a swing to be executed properly. He gave over the vision with a long sigh and levered himself to his feet.

He was a faithful servant, and made himself so valuable to those who employed him that they will find it hard to fill his place. He was a good husband and father, so tender, wise, and thoughtful, that Laurie and I learned much of him, and only knew how well he loved his family, when we discovered all he had done for them, unsuspected and unassisted.

A Servant of History Her eyes were of the lightest blue as if time had rinsed away most of the colour, but there was a liveliness inside them.

Fact is,' he said without any of his usual bonhomie, 'religious fafaith, which encodes the highest ass ass aspirations of human race, is now, in our cocountry, the servant of lowest instincts, and gogo God is the creature of evil.

I started understanding that my strength is my gentleness. A leader isn't a dictator, a leader is a servant.

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.

Comment se trouve M. Bernajoux, le parent de votre écuyer?

One is always a good master when one isn't the master

I'm just a civil servant. We take the taxpayer's money and try not to do any work at all.

I treated you so mean. Like you was a servant. And all because Albert married you. And I didn't even want him for a husband,' she say. 'I never really wanted Albert for a husband. But just to choose me, you know?

He had despised that Mary with her idiot smile, symbol of a story that meant nothing, servant of a God who no good to anyone.

Who ever said keeping the law of the Lord is peaceable work? The devil brings a sword and I bring a sword back to him. It is the will of the Lord and I am his servant.

I went on to explain that there are at least 3 stages to life, beginning with you as victim, then moving on to you as creator of your life, and ending—if you're lucky—with you be- coming servant to the Divine.

You can, instead of trying to use God or make God your servant, submit yourself to God; be God's child, God's instrument through which God's glory is made manifest on earth. Then, let God's glory flow through you. It will never be your glory, regardless of how beautiful you are or become, or how worthy or worthwhile.

Every decision we make has to be evaluated in light of our life-changing commitment to being a servant of Christ and His kingdom.

Is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?

The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

Accuse not a servant unto his master.