Servant Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old servant quotes, servant sayings, and servant proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Civil servants take forever to do anything. Joseph Wambaugh
The noblest service comes from nameless hands, and the best servant does his work unseen. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
A civil servant doesn't make jokes. Eugene Ionesco
The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness. Ignatius of Loyola
How do you know if you are a servant? By how you react when someone treats you as one. Dawson Trotman
There are many who are lip servants but not life servants. William Jenkyn
The real servant of the people must live among them, think with them, feel for them, and die for them. Carter G. Woodson
The servant leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve. Robert K. Greenleaf
A servant of God has but one Master. It ill becomes the servant to seek to be rich, and great, and honored in that world where his Lord was poor, and mean, and despised. George Muller
Each servant stamps the reader with a look. John Ashbery
He who is not a good servant will not be a good master. Plato
A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it. George S. Patton
It is better to be the servant of God than the ruler of men. Stefan Zweig
If you are truly a servant of God, then you are to serve him as a master. Michael Bassey Johnson
As a servant of love every exchange passes through the practice. Bryant McGill
Servants honor their master by their service. Franz Grillparzer