31 Quotes About Servitude

Servitude is the act of selflessly subordinating one's interests to those of another. It reflects an attitude of absolute submission, based on the idea that one should give up one's liberty to protect, advance, or aid another. The term owes its origin to the notion of a slave who serves his master. In most modern uses, it is applied more broadly, to any situation in which a person surrenders their freedom to another person or thing for the benefit of another person or thing.

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Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong men; a child, old men; an ignorant man, knowledgeable men; and for a dwarf to control giants. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Your realm is an insane place. In Volaria, no-one goes hungry, slaves are no use when they starve. Those freeborn too lazy or lacking in intelligence to turn sufficient profit to feed themselves are made slaves so they can generate wealth for those deserving of freedom, and be fed in return. Here, your people are chained by their freedom, free to starve and beg from the rich. It's disgusting. Anthony Ryan
I would rather lie facedown on the ground and use...
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I would rather lie facedown on the ground and use my body as a bridge, than stand proud and tall and use my body as a wall. Kamand Kojouri
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Many if not most slaves would have each readily jumped, and many if not most slaves would each readily jump, at the opportunity to be a master, if such an opportunity presents or had presented itself. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
I devote my life in service of humanity.
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I devote my life in service of humanity. Lailah Gifty Akita
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The populace consists of individuals and free men, while the state is made up of numbers. When the state dominates, killing becomes abstract. Servitude began with the shepherds; in the river valleys it attained perfection with canals and dikes. Its model was the slavery in mines and mills. Since then, the ruses for concealing chains have been refined. Unknown
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Don’t we see that men’s rightful task is to go out to work and wear themselves out trying to accumulate wealth, as though they were our factors or stewards, so that we can remain at home like the lady of the house directing their work and enjoying the profit of their labors? That, if you like, is the reason why men are naturally stronger and more robust than us – they need to be, so they can put up with the hard labor they must endure in our service. Moderata Fonte
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All things can be deadly to us, even the things made to serve us; as in nature walls can kill us, and stairs can kill us, if we do not walk circumspectly. Blaise Pascal
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Identify your divine gift and use it to serve humanity. Lailah Gifty Akita
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He who want to be great must first be a servant. Lailah Gifty Akita
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Some people think life is all about suffering, and suffering means living life. So many people live their lives accepting suffering as a way of life and they end up living their lives in perpetual self-inflicted pain without seeing a need to awake to take steps to their latent joy! If you are not feeling happy, wake up! There is a reason to be happy and there is a reason for action. There is something solemn, noble and distinctive that can make you happy! Awake! It is never the wish of God that His creation lives in indentured servitude! Pray! . Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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If freedom rings, then bondage bombs. Anthony Liccione
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He who want to be served must first know how to serve. Lailah Gifty Akita
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So stretch! Reach for it. Like falling down stairs, where your inner-genius takes over and saves you – your instincts are ready to serve you. Bryant McGill
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A call to duty, a call for service. Lailah Gifty Akita
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Nobody is responsible for your sorrows and poverty, not even the devil. It is the work of the enemies of time that lives in some men, and their names are, 'Laziness and Procrastination'. Michael Bassey Johnson
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Rebuffed from his fine feelings, Milkman matched her cold tone. "You loved those white folks that much?"" Love?" she asked. "Love?""Well, what are you taking care of their dogs for?"" Do you know why she killed herself? She couldn't stand to see the place go to ruin. She couldn't live without servants and money and what it could buy. Every cent was gone and the taxes took whatever came in. She had to let the upstairs maids go, then the cook, then the dog trainer, then the yardman, then the chauffeur, then the car, then the woman who washed once a week. Then she started selling bits and pieces——land, jewels, furniture. The last few years we ate out of the garden. Finally she couldn't take it anymore. The thought of having no help, no money——well, she couldn't take that. She had to let everything go."" But she didn't let you go." Milkman had no trouble letting his words snarl." No, she didn't let me go. She killed herself."" And you still l . Toni Morrison
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Some people in orthodox churches in Africa take poverty as a path that leads to heaven, making christianity look unattractive. Michael Bassey Johnson
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I opened my louvres and looked at Comfort, walking in the heavy rain, crying bitterly. I heard mom saying, Anywhere you want to go, you can, but don't come back again to this house. Comfort was beautiful, but her stealing attributes brought reproach on her and painted her beauty with dark impressions. I looked at her, walking barefooted on the muddy ground congested with rain water. Michael Bassey Johnson
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You're just another american who is willfully ignorant of the big red, white and blue dick being shoved up your asshole every day... The owners of this country know the truth... it's called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it! George Carlin
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Human nature is universally imbued with a desire for liberty, and a hatred for servitude. Julius Ceasar
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Making oneself large involves intentionally making oneself small. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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Nothing disciplines the inordinate desires of the flesh like service, and nothing transforms the desires of the flesh like serving in hiddenness. The flesh whines against service but screams against hidden service. It strains and pulls for honour and recognition. It will devise subtle, religiously acceptable means to call attention to the service rendered. If we stoutly refuse to give in to this lust of the flesh, we crucify it. Every time we crucify the flesh, we crucify our pride and arrogance. Richard J. Foster
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Those who do not have will always serve those who do. Jacob Tomsky
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Are you serving others or your are being served by others? Saji Ijiyemi
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Are you serving in your local church or your are being served? Saji Ijiyemi
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Most people do not want to follow a leader, they want to command the leading of a servant. Unknown
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Service for one another, service for mankind, Lailah Gifty Akita
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Bushido refers not only to martial rectitude but personal rectitude. We understand that in serving each other we serve our own interests. In serving our world, our world serves us. Allowing us to live in harmony with it. Rick Remender
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Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs. Aldous Huxley