Servant Leader Quotes Quotes & Sayings

If Everything's a Rush, Nothing Is — Miles Anthony Smith

Even if the dramatic scenes are really hard, if you're happy with what you have and it's been creative and you had a good time with the people you worked with, that's a good day. — Ayelet Zurer

Being others-focused instead of self-focused changes your worldview. Living in a selfless manner and seeking to help others enriches our very existence on a daily basis. Get your hands dirty once in a while by serving in a capacity that is lower than your position or station in life. This keeps you tethered to the real world and grounded to reality, which should make it harder to be prideful and forget where you came from. — Miles Anthony Smith

Overoptimism Is More Dangerous Than Overpessimism — Miles Anthony Smith

We all have something to offer, and we must choose to focus on what we do have to offer, not what we don't. And remember the dirty little secret is that those who are acting like they have it all together really don't. — Miles Anthony Smith

Smaller Is Smarter: Hint, Bigger Is Not — Miles Anthony Smith

Everything was neat and organized, and I wondered if I surrounded myself with people who had that quality because I lacked it myself. — Liliana Hart

Be Chris LeDoux, Not Garth Brooks — Miles Anthony Smith

The myth of the inevitability of economic globalization is based largely on the work of Milton Friedman, and easily the most underreported story of our time is that the current economy proves Friedman flatly wrong. — Molly Ivins

The king should be the servant of his people, and seek to uplift them and their lives. — Aleksandra Layland

Abdication Isn't Empowerment — Miles Anthony Smith

Stories are magic, and that is why the first thing any dictator does is to ban the stories that do not agree with him. — James Renner

Problems in a company are like cockroaches in the kitchen. You will never find just one — Warren Buffett

Stop Destroying Shareholder Value — Miles Anthony Smith

Don't Give Someone Responsibility without Requisite Authority — Miles Anthony Smith

Show Us, Don't Tell Us — Miles Anthony Smith

Selfish Apologies Aren't Apologies at All — Miles Anthony Smith

Finish Well; Anyone Can Start Well — Miles Anthony Smith

Seek the Blame; Give Away the Fame — Miles Anthony Smith

Be good to yourself. — Lailah Gifty Akita

J.B. Bury once followed Pascal in suggesting that the cause of the foundation of the Roman Empire was the length of Cleopatra's nose: had her features not been perfectly proportioned, Mark Antony would not have been entranced; had he not been entranced he would not have allied himself with Egypt against Octavian; had he not made that alliance, the battle of Actium would not have been fought - and so on. — Alasdair MacIntyre

Macromanage, Not Micromanage — Miles Anthony Smith

Be a Strong Leader, Even If You Follow a Weak Leader — Miles Anthony Smith

If you can't handle others' disapproval, then leadership isn't for you. — Miles Anthony Smith

What is the society we wish to protect? Is it the society of complete surveillance for the commonwealth? Is this the wealth we seek to have in common - optimal security at the cost of maximal surveillance? — Tom Stoppard

You Either Trust Someone or You Don't — Miles Anthony Smith

The Husband Manifesto:

I will be a better father.
I will be a better husband.
I will be a better leader.
I will be a better servant.
I will be a better man.

I will esteem my wife in front of my friends.
I will praise my wife before my family.
I will honor my wife as I honor my mother.
I will put a smile on her every day.
I will plant a kiss on her each day.
I will listen to her even when I don't feel like it.
I will love her even when I don't feel like it.
I will treat her better than I treat myself.
I will treat her as God would. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Cancer is just a horrible disease. — Kevin Richardson

I always fear dogma. I don't like anything that's dogmatic because it becomes purely religious again and I despise any form of organized religion. — Justin Broadrick

Adversity Isn't to Be Avoided — Miles Anthony Smith

Serving is the best kind of Leading. — Todd Stocker

Build Icebergs, Not Skyscrapers — Miles Anthony Smith

The winged beasts and angels know, that mortals cannot fly.
But how I flew to see the sun; a broken bird am I. — Craig Froman

Andrew Breitbart, self-described media mogul, had several screws loose or missing and was the grinning bomb-thrower of the radical right. He was the attack dog kept on a tight leash and brought out on special occasions to hiss and to menace. — Bill Ayers

She was certainly rather drunk. Her eyes were fixed as if upon some far-off point. She seemed to be contemplating a future at once monotonous and insecure with an indifference which was after all a sort of hard-won courage. — Jean Rhys