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“I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if they degenerate into the sole end of any one's existence. I don't want you to sacrifice standing well in your studies to any over-athleticism; and I need not tell you that character counts for a great deal more than either intellect or body in winning success in life. Athletic proficiency is a mighty good servant, and like so many other good servants, a mighty bad master.”

Source: Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children

“Men, not children or servants, tempered and taught to the end; Cleansed of servile panic, slow to dread or despise, Humble because of knowledge, mighty by sacrifice.”

Men Children Ends Sacrifice Taught Humble Servant Despise Dread Panic

Book:Stories and Poems

Source: Stories and Poems

“It's always pretty dark. It's not a farce, this is Homeland. Throughout six seasons, we've been trying to understand what it's like to be a civil servant, and the cost involved, and it's big. A lot of these people make profound sacrifices, and are very isolated and estranged from the people they love. That's a reality.”

People Trying Reality Dark Sacrifice Profound Servant

Author:Claire Danes

“The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood.”

Self Christian Sacrifice Aspect Christian Life Servant Parenthood Parallels

Author:Philip Yancey

“I am not the means to any end others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs. I am not a bandage for their wounds, I am not a sacrifice on their altars.”

Needs May Mean Ends Use Wish Sacrifice Tools Accomplish Wounds Servant Altars Anthem Bandages

Book:For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)

Source: For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)

“I stand here on the summit of the mountain. I lift my head and I spread my arms. This, my body and spirit, this is the end of the quest. I wished to know the meaning of all things. I am the meaning. I wished to find a warrant for being. I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction. Neither am I the means to any end others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs. I am not a sacrifice on their alters.”

Knows Needs May Mean Ends Use Body Spirit Wish Sacrifice Arms Mountain Tools All Things Spread Accomplish Lifts Servant Quests Summit Sanctions Warrants

Author:Ayn Rand