Master Quotes

2461 Master quotes by 1580 unique authors

A farmer's horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind. Like his master he is… — Anthony Trollope
The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master. — James F. Cooper
Since God is silent, man is his own master; he must live in a disenchanted world, submit everything to criticism, and make his own way. — Peter Gay
Your ability to set goals and to make plans for their accomplishment is the master skill of success. — Brian Tracy
The master and the student on the journey to mastery, knows that the illusions are the illusions, decides why they are there, and then consciously… — Neale Donald Walsch
We are workers, not master builders, ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own. — Oscar Romero
Learn of the skillful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master. — Benjamin Franklin
He has made us the master organizers of the world . . . to overwhelm the forces of reaction throught the earth . . .… — Albert J. Beveridge
I have learned from first hand experience that war is the destroyer of everything that is good in the world, it turns our young into… — Unknown Author
Before God, there is neither Greek nor barbarian, neither rich nor poor, and the slave is as good as his master, for by birth all… — Lord Acton
The significance of language for the evolution of culture lies in this, that mankind set up in language a separate world beside the other world,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Man is more disposed to domination than freedom; and a structure of dominion not only gladdens the eye of the master who rears and protects… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
What do we call love, hate, charity, revenge, humanity, forgiveness? Different results of the master impulse, the necessity of securing one's self-approval. — Mark Twain
The Achaeans soon experienced, as often happens, that a victorious and powerful ally is but another name for a master. — Alexander Hamilton
Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will own a precious shield that will guard you well through… — Og Mandino
Human beings are compelled to live within a lie, but they can be compelled to do so only because they are in fact capable of… — Vaclav Havel
This place is the Devil, or at least his principal residence, they call it the University, but any other appellation would have suited it much… — Lord Byron
Paul Simon once said that a songwriter's supreme challenge was being complex and simple at the same time-writing songs with lasting depth that are also… — Paul Zollo
All of man's ills are due to his lack of knowing God within him. The perfection of God's universe is founded upon its perfection of… — Walter Russell
My Master used to say, when a pitcher is being filled (by immersion), it gurgles, but when full, it is noiseless. — Swami Vivekananda
It is never too late to master your weaknesses. — Jane Fonda
The poet is a master of language, the schizophrenic is a slave to it. — Hilde Bruch
Loose and jocular, Stanley proved to be a master at relating to nightclub audiences — Joel Selvin
Under chattel slavery and feudalism, exploitation was concrete and personalized in the producer's relationship with his master. The slave and peasant knew exactly who was… — Kevin Carson
I don't have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don't have a master plan in that way. — Ben Stiller

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