Master Quotes

2461 Master quotes by 1580 unique authors

Hold on to the ancient Way to master the present, and to learn the distant beginning. — Laozi
There is one appointed supreme executioner. Truly, trying to take the place of the supreme executioner is like trying to carve wood like a master… — Laozi
To make your life being a writer, it's an auto-slavery ... you are both the slave and the task-master. — Susan Sontag
Turmoil is a call for awakening. Every challenge, great or small, is moving you to look deeper and draw forth the highest in you. You're… — Alan Cohen
Psychosynthesis is a method of psychological development and self realization for those who refuse to remain the slave of their own inner phantasms or of… — Roberto Assagioli
Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the European sense you are an apprentice. That takes 3 or… — Josef Albers
If this war is not fought with the greatest brutality against the bands both in the East and in the Balkans then in the foreseeable… — Wilhelm Keitel
God cannot be referred to as 'good,' 'better,' or 'best' because He is above all things. If a man says that God is wise, the… — Andrew Davidson
The first duty of every soul is to find not its freedom but its Master. — Peter Forsyth
Create your own job. Become the master of what you do. Fully imerse yourself in your culter. Be humble. You are never above having to… — Sophia Amoruso
If you cannot be the master of your language, you must be its slave. If you cannot examine your thoughts, you have no choice but… — Richard Mitchell
The experience of helping a fellow man in danger, or even of training in a realistic manner to be ready to give this help, tends… — Kurt Hahn
If a servant strives to please his master and studies and takes pains to do it, I believe there are but few masters who would… — Jupiter Hammon
However the Southern man may have been master of the negro, there were compensatory processes whereby certain negroes were masters of their masters' children. — John Sergeant Wise
Maberry is a master at writing scenes that surge and hum with tension. The pacing is relentless. He presses the accelerator to the floor and… — S.G. Browne
Perseverance is the master impulse of the firmest souls, the discipline of the noblest virtues, and the guaranty of acquisitions the most invigorating in their… — Elias Lyman Magoon
The applause of the audience is short-lived. When calls resound for an encore, we are called to direct our attention to our Master. — Dillon Burroughs
Life is not a competition with others. In its truest sense it is a rivalry with ourselves. We should each day seek to break the… — William George Jordan
At Patagonia, making a profit is not the goal because the Zen master would say profits happen 'when you do everything else right'. — Yvon Chouinard
Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day when one’s body and mind are at peace, one should meditate upon being ripped apart… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
The more you insist on improving who and what you are, the more you become master of your destiny. — Rod Stryker
The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one… — B. C. Forbes
A dog will recognize his master in whatever way he dresses. The master may dress in robes, suit and tie, or stand naked, but the… — Radhanath Swami
I kept imagining these people, just living their daily lives, and then having them suddenly ended in unjust tragedy. When we watch the news, we… — Donald Miller
It is a truism to say that the dog is largely what his master makes of him: he can be savage and dangerous, untrustworthy, cringing… — Ranulph Fiennes

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