--- title: "20 Masters Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "20 Masters quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Masters sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3e/william-shakespeare-4_destiny_men-at-sometime-are-the-masters-of-their_3095351.jpg" --- > [Men at sometime are the masters of their fate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/men-at-sometime-are-the-masters-of-their-fate/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3e/william-shakespeare-4_destiny_men-at-sometime-are-the-masters-of-their_3095351.jpg) > [Men at some time are masters of their fates...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/men-at-some-time-are-masters-of-their-fates/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25a/william-shakespeare-4_cassius_men-at-some-time-are-masters-of-their-fa_2605029.jpg) > [We cannot all be masters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/we-cannot-all-be-masters/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa6/william-shakespeare-4_acceptance_we-cannot-all-be-masters-1625196_1625196.jpg) > [Let every man be master of his time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/let-every-man-be-master-of-his-time/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/william-shakespeare-4_businessman_let-every-man-be-master-of-his-time-2561_2561301.jpg) > [Now, my masters, happy man be his dole, say I; every man to his business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/now-my-masters-happy-man-be-his-dole-say-i-every-man-to-his-business/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/723/william-shakespeare-4_business_now-my-masters-happy-man-be-his-dole-say_1556481.jpg) > [Master, go on, and I will follow thee To the last gasp with truth and loyalty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/master-go-on-and-i-will-follow-thee-to-the-last-gasp-with-truth-and/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0b/william-shakespeare-4_goes-on_master-go-on-and-i-will-follow-thee-to-t_2164021.jpg) > [We cannot all be masters, nor all masters Cannot be truly followed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/we-cannot-all-be-masters-nor-all-masters-cannot-be-truly-followed/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63c/william-shakespeare-4_excellence_we-cannot-all-be-masters-nor-all-masters_13054.jpg) > [Many a man's tongue shakes out his master's undoing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/many-a-man-s-tongue-shakes-out-his-master-s-undoing/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccf/william-shakespeare-4_masters_many-a-man-s-tongue-shakes-out-his-maste_1086150.jpg) > [To say the truth, so Judas kissed his master And cried, 'All hail!' when as he meant all harm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/to-say-the-truth-so-judas-kissed-his-master-and-cried-all-hail-when/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/william-shakespeare-4_cried_to-say-the-truth-so-judas-kissed-his-mas_2153937.jpg) > [My master hath been an honorable gentleman; tricks he hath had in him which gentlemen have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/my-master-hath-been-an-honorable-gentleman-tricks-he-hath-had-in-him/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/william-shakespeare-4_gentleman_my-master-hath-been-an-honorable-gentlem_739513.jpg) > [Well, every one can master a grief but he that has it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/well-every-one-can-master-a-grief-but-he-that-has-it/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f7/william-shakespeare-4_benedick_well-every-one-can-master-a-grief-but-he_2160187.jpg) > [Help, master, help! here's a fish hangs in the net, like a poor man's right in the law; 'twill hardly come out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/help-master-help-here-s-a-fish-hangs-in-the-net-like-a-poor-man-s/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/william-shakespeare-4_fishes_help-master-help-here-s-a-fish-hangs-in_955698.jpg) > [Love is your master, for he masters you; And he that is so yoked by a fool Methinks should not be chronicled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/love-is-your-master-for-he-masters-you-and-he-that-is-so-yoked-by-a/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a40/william-shakespeare-4_fool_love-is-your-master-for-he-masters-you-a_2175822.jpg) > [I will be master of what is mine own: She is my goods, my chattels; she is my house, My household stuff,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-will-be-master-of-what-is-mine-own-she-is-my-goods-my-chattels-she/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92f/william-shakespeare-4_ass_i-will-be-master-of-what-is-mine-own-she_2971151.jpg) > [Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/men-at-some-time-are-masters-of-their-fates-the-fault-dear-brutus-is/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/626/william-shakespeare-4_brutus_men-at-some-time-are-masters-of-their-fa_3160906.jpg) > [Refrain to-night; And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence, the next more easy; For use almost can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/refrain-to-night-and-that-shall-lend-a-kind-of-easiness-to-the-next/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e1/william-shakespeare-4_abstinence_refrain-to-night-and-that-shall-lend-a-k_2396540.jpg) > [Either to die the death or to abjure For ever the society of men. Therefore, fair Hermia, question your desires; Know of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/either-to-die-the-death-or-to-abjure-for-ever-the-society-of-men/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/william-shakespeare-4_barren_either-to-die-the-death-or-to-abjure-for_2420721.jpg) > [King Henry: But what a point, my lord, your falcon made, And what a pitch she flew above the rest! To see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/king-henry-but-what-a-point-my-lord-your-falcon-made-and-what-a-pitch/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2f/william-shakespeare-4_bears_king-henry-but-what-a-point-my-lord-your_1730666.jpg) > [Through the forest have I gone. But Athenian found I none, On whose eyes I might approve This flower's force in stirring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/through-the-forest-have-i-gone-but-athenian-found-i-none-on-whose/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/william-shakespeare-4_athens_through-the-forest-have-i-gone-but-athen_1625082.jpg) > [There's nothing situate under heaven's eye But hath his bond in earth, in sea, in sky. The beasts, the fishes, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/there-s-nothing-situate-under-heaven-s-eye-but-hath-his-bond-in-earth/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/602/william-shakespeare-4_accord_there-s-nothing-situate-under-heaven-s-e_850683.jpg) ## Other authors on Masters ## More by William Shakespeare > [Let us kill all lawyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/let-us-kill-all-lawyers/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-horse-a-horse-my-kingdom-for-a-horse/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [O tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hide!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-tiger-s-heart-wrapped-in-a-woman-s-hide/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/time-hath-not-yet-so-dried-this-blood-of-mine-nor-age-so-eat-up-my/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/divers-philosophers-hold-that-the-lips-is-parcel-of-the-mouth/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/short-time-seems-long-in-sorrow-s-sharp-sustaining/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/love-is-a-smoke-made-with-the-fume-of-sighs-being-purg-d-a-fire/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-measuring-his-affections-by-my-own-which-then-most-sought-where/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/ask-god-for-temp-rance-that-s-th-appliance-only-which-your-disease/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep’st so sound. Julius Caesar (2.1.248-251)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thou-hast-no-figures-nor-no-fantasies-which-busy-care-draws-in-the/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Truth needs no color; beauty, no pencil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/truth-needs-no-color-beauty-no-pencil/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Have you not heard it said full oft, A woman's nay doth stand for naught?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/have-you-not-heard-it-said-full-oft-a-woman-s-nay-doth-stand-for/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Omittance is no quittance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/omittance-is-no-quittance/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Yes, madam: yet I cannot choose but laugh, To think it should leave crying and say 'Ay.' And yet, I warrant, it had upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/yes-madam-yet-i-cannot-choose-but-laugh-to-think-it-should-leave/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [I take thee at thy word: Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-take-thee-at-thy-word-call-me-but-love-and-i-ll-be-new-baptized/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/masters/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "20 Masters Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Men at sometime are the masters of their fate.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": 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