It's a privilege to serve the poor to be servants of noble Africans but I better belong in the rehearsal room or in the studio with my band. That's where I want to be and I still wake up in the morning with melodies in my head.

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

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

Servant leadership is the foundation and the secret of Sam Walton's ability to achieve team synergy.

Leadership is about being a servant first.

Intelligence is the wife imagination is the mistress memory is the servant.

Motherhood is a great honor and privilege yet it is also synonymous with servanthood. Every day women are called upon to selflessly meet the needs of their families. Whether they are awake at night nursing a baby spending their time and money on less-than-grateful teenagers or preparing meals moms continuously put others before themselves.

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.

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.

I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master.