Master Quotes

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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. — Abraham Lincoln
Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything. — Abraham Lincoln
The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the… — Walter Lippmann
The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. — Audre Lorde
The real names of our people were destroyed during slavery. The last name of my forefathers was taken from them when they were brought to… — Malcolm X
My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he… — Malcolm X
The world and the universe are far more wonderful if there's not a puppet master. — Dave Matthews
The idea of God as a fatherly figure who looks down on us and worries about how we're doing or takes sides when we have… — Dave Matthews
Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment. — Bryant H. McGill
The learning curve on soaps is through the roof because it's a three-camera setup. There's a master and then there's two singles. And the great… — John C. McGinley
To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. — Herman Melville
Satan is the master distracter. He is always working to keep us off track in our walk with God. — Joyce Meyer
If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master. — Michelangelo
A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit. — John Milton
A slave has but one master. An ambition man, has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune. — Wilson Mizner
We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master. — Maria Montessori
I have no wish for a second husband. I had enough of the first. I like to have my own way to lie down mistress,… — Susanna Moodie
One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I… — Viggo Mortensen
A servant of God has but one Master. It ill becomes the servant to seek to be rich, and great, and honored in that world… — George Muller
It is, all in all, a historic error to believe that the master makes the school; the students make it! — Robert Musil

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