Definition of Shepherd

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Shepherd

A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large.

The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others.

To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd.

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Shepherd Quotations

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty.
Abraham Lincoln

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
Winston Churchill

Too many leaders act as if the sheep... their people... are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep.
Ken Blanchard

Man is not the lord of beings. Man is the shepherd of Being.
Martin Heidegger

The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being.
Martin Heidegger

We were looking for a 'good shepherd,' and instead we got a German shepherd.
Pope Benedict XVI

We weren't wealthy but we definitely weren't poor. We were incredibly rich because there was a wonderful community in Shepherd's Bush, where I grew up. All my friends were into villainy and crime.
Roger Daltrey

The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.
Laurence J. Peter

If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief.
James Bovard

I have a responsibility to nurture and shepherd my talent and when I'm living the parts of my life not related to that I feel I have the right to be left alone.
Ashley Judd

Shepherd Translations

shepherd in Afrikaans is herder
shepherd in Dutch is herder
shepherd in French is berger
shepherd in Italian is pecoraio
shepherd in Spanish is pastor

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