Master Quotes

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The Master acts without doing, and everything gets done. — Laozi
To transform breakdowns into breakthroughs is the whole function of a master. — Rajneesh
I live in my own place - have never copied anyone even half, and at any master who lacks the grace - to laugh at… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I wouldn't describe myself as a master of anything. — Toby Young
Sometimes I feel I can't quite master my written and spoken Spanish, because I'm too much a student of English. I would need another lifetime… — Sandra Cisneros
If an apprentice does not hear what a master hears, is then that quality not present in the music? Yes and no. In the world… — Robert Fripp
It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and… — Alphonsus Liguori
With these men and women who work-for the cause with all their hearts, with cool heads and skilled hands we will master every fate. — Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women. — Pedro Almodovar
When you believe yourself to be master of your thoughts, you become so. — Emile Coue
Influence is the single most important skill you can master in your lifetime. — Tony Robbins
In the dark, my master let down his guard and he was Caleb again. He didn't correct me. He didn't punish me. He didn't push… — CJ Roberts
All things are God's already; we can give him no right, by consecrating any, that he had not before, only we set it apart to… — John Selden
Some of you...have never read a Patrick O'Brian novel. I beseech you to start now. Start with Master and Commander, which should be available in… — Kevin Myers
Life, never deciding to master anything in particular. — Tony Robbins
Master technique, so that technique NEVER prevents you from dancing. — Isadora Duncan
Childhood and genius have the same master organ in common - inquisitiveness. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose? — Epictetus
During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey. — Alexander Alekhine
In the opening a master should play like a book, in the mid-game he should play like a magician, in the ending he should play… — Rudolf Spielmann

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