Pope Francis Quotes

Timothy's great value was that he was always willing to go anywhere; and in his hands a message was as safe as if Paul had delivered it himself. Others might be consumed with selfish ambition; but Timothy's one desire was to serve Paul and Jesus Christ. He is the patron saint of all those who are quite content with the second place, so long as they can serve.

I believe that to command is to serve and only gives one the right to serve.

Jesus measured greatness in terms of service not status. God determines your greatness by how many people you serve, not how many people serve you.

The world's idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.

Jesus washes the feet of the Apostles. Are we ready to serve others like this.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.

Leadership is about being a servant first.

He who is greatest among you shall be a servant. That's the new definition of greatness. ... By giving that definition of greatness, it means that everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.

The race to be a leader is crowded, but the field is wide open for those willing to be servants

Let us never forget that authentic power is service, which has its radiant culmination on the Cross.

The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.

One of the most amazing things ever said on this earth is Jesus's statement: "He that is greatest among you shall be your servant." Nobody has one chance in a billion of being thought really great after a century has passed except those who have been the servants of all. That strange realist from Bethlehem knew that.

The more you care about the powerless, the more power you have. The more you serve those with no influence, the more influence God gives you. The more you humble yourself, the more you're honored by others.

Jesus specialized in menial tasks that everyone else tried to avoid: washing feet, helping children, fixing breakfast, and serving lepers. Nothing was beneath him, because he came to serve.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

Not my power, but the power of the position, a power which could be used to help.

Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.

The best people to have power are the ones who don't want it.

Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.

You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.

Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power to serve the people of Nigeria and humanity.

Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.

A good chief gives, he does not take.