Ten servant leadership quotes from world leaders who transformed others through selfless service.
Before servant leadership became a business model, some of the most well-known selfless service leaders provided timeless words that symbolized their philosophies.
“Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." - Karol Jozef Wojtyla
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
“I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.” - Nelson Mandela
"The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it." - Mother Teresa
"Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves."
- Horace Mann
"I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy." - Rabindranath Tagore
"To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and this is sincerity and integrity." - Douglas Adams
"The measure of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. Everyone can be great because everyone can serve." - Peter Marshall
"True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost."
- Arthur Ashe
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