#servants

If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#arise #cleverness #confusion #duty #faithful

Civil servants take forever to do anything. ↗

— Joseph Wambaugh

#civil #civil servants #forever #servants #take

The world is not looking for servants, there are plenty of these, but for masters, men who form their purposes and then carry them out, let the consequences be what they may. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#consequences #form #looking #masters #may

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#men #person #purpose #servants #things

Besides paid white laborers, there was everywhere a class of white servants bound without wages for a term of years, and a more miserable class of Negro slaves. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#bound #class #everywhere #laborers #miserable

In medieval times, contrary to popular belief, most knights were bandits, mercenaries, lawless brigands, skinners, highwaymen, and thieves. The supposed chivalry of Charlemagne and Roland had as much to do with the majority of medieval knights as the historical Jesus with the temporal riches and hypocrisy of the Catholic Church, or any church for that matter. Generally accompanied by their immoral entourage or servants, priests, and whores, they went from tourney to tourney like a touring rock and roll band, sports team, or gang of South Sea pirates. Court to court, skirmish to skirmish, rape to rape. Fighting as the noble's substitution for work. ↗

— Tod Wodicka

#brigands #catholic-church #charlemagne #chivalry #highwaymen

I believe that Bill Clinton will be remembered as one of our nation's great Presidents, and Senator Clinton as one of our nation's great public servants. ↗

— Joe Andrew

#bill #bill clinton #clinton #great #i

If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants. ↗

— Adam Clarke

#done #faithful #god #good #hearts

Not because they were servants were we so reserved, for many noble persons are forced to serve through necessity, but by reason the vulgar sort of servants are as ill bred as meanly born, giving children ill examples and worse counsel. ↗

— Margaret Cavendish

#born #bred #children #counsel #examples

My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place. ↗

— Jesus Christ

#arrest #fight #jews #kingdom #now