Master Quotes

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I think the true gardener is a lover of his flowers, not a critic of them. I think the true gardener is the reverent servant… — Reginald Farrer
An unsurpassed master of the art of laying bare the inmost core of spiritual truth. — Unknown Author
To the artist He is the one altogether lovely, and to the educator He is the master teacher. To the philosopher He is the wisdom… — John Gerstner
Let us serve Him faithfully as our Master. Let us obey Him loyally as our King. Let us study His teachings as our Prophet. Let… — J C Ryle
Although we give lip service to the notion of freedom, we know the government is no longer the servant of the people but, at last… — Gerry Spence
Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus he is master of his enemy's fate. — Sun Tzu
One must never be perfidious to his master. In the Lun Yu it says: One should act according to the way even in times of… — Takeda Nobushige
Thirdly, the gentleman warrior, carrying the weaponry of his way. The way of the warrior is to master the virtue of his weapons. If a… — Miyamoto Musashi
If you will take it into your mind to be sincere in throwing away your life for your master, you will not have the slightest… — Torii Mototada
And in this battle, Brother William (Guillaume), Master of the Templars, lost an eye; and he had lost the other on the previous Shrove Tuesday;… — Jean de Joinville
The only distinction between freedom and slavery consists in this: In the former state a man is governed by the laws to which he has… — Alexander Hamilton
The task is not to overcome opponents in general but only those opponents against whom one has to summon all one's strength, one's skill and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Like art, like music, like so many other disciplines, prayer can only be appreciated when you actually spend time in it. Spending time with the… — Joni Eareckson Tada
You do not become a master musician by playing just as you please, by imagining that learning the scales is sheer legalism and bondage! No,… — Sinclair B. Ferguson
The ultimate promise of technology is to make us master of a world that we command by the push of a button. — Unknown Author
Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master. — Christian Lous Lange
Modern man is too impatient and wants to master the art of meditation immediately. — Rama Swami
May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense. — Seneca the Younger
The passive master lent his hand, To the vast Soul which o'er him planned. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Not only was I not born to be a slave; I was not born to hope to become the equal of the slave master. — James A. Baldwin
To my mind by far the greatest danger in scholarship...is not that the individual may fail to master the thought of a school but that… — Geoffrey Sampson
Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement,… — Robert Foster Bennett
The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men around to his opinion twenty years later. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Earnestness is not by any means everything; it is very often a subtle form of pious pride because it is obsessed with the method and… — Oswald Chambers
Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety… — Henry David Thoreau

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