Masters Quotes

2836 Masters quotes by 1740 unique authors

Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes… — Laozi
There are men so incorrigibly lazy that no inducement that you can offer will tempt them to work; so eaten up by vice that virtue… — William Booth
Some people giving orders and others obeying them: this is the essence of servitude. Of course, as Hospers smugly observes, "one can at least change… — Bob Black
I didn't want a guru or a kung fu master or a spiritual director. I didn't want to become a sorcerer or learn the zen… — Daniel Quinn
The Master would insist that the final barrier to our attaining God was the word and concept God. — Anthony de Mello
Even when I finished third at the U.S. Open a few weeks back, I didn't putt very well, nor in the last round of last… — Lee Westwood
Obviously my game wasn't too good at Augusta, I had a couple of technical faults, the posture wasn't too good. It's a bit unfortunate because… — Ernie Els
John Stowell plays jazz, but he doesn’t use any of the clichés; he has an incredible originality. John is a master creator. — Larry Coryell
As the Japanese Zen masters say, “Don't seek the truth; just drop your opinions”. Drop your theories; don't seek the truth. — Anthony de Mello
There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. 'Obedience keeps the rules,' he would say. 'Love… — Anthony de Mello
A master was once unmoved by the complaints of his disciples that, though they listened with pleasure to his parables and stories, they were also… — Anthony de Mello
The dog barking at you from behind his master's fence acts for a motive indistinguishable from that of his master when the fence was built. — Robert Ardrey
While you live your life aboard the ship of life be aware of the sea of life on which it floats and on which it… — Ian Gardner
The Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings. He knows that he is going to die, and her has nothing left to hold… — Laozi
Problems form an important part of our lives. They are placed in our path for us to overcome them, not to be overcome by them.… — Royden G. Derrick
No man should think that peace comes easily. Peace does not come by merely wanting it, or shouting for it, or marching down Main Street… — Lyndon B. Johnson
We live by faith; but Faith is not the slave Of text and legend. Reason's voice and God's, Nature's and Duty's, never are at odds.… — John Greenleaf Whittier
What am I, Life? A thing of watery salt Held in cohesion by unresting cells, Which work they know not why, which never halt, Myself… — John Masefield
Can we do too much for the Lord? Certainly we all love Him. Therefore, I implore us, keep His commandments and become more like Him.… — F. Melvin Hammond
Tzu Li went to see Tzu Lai who was dying. Leaning against the door, he said, 'Great is the Creator! What will he make of… — Zhuangzi
...our intellectual powers are rather geared to master static relations and that our powers to visualize processes evolving in time are relatively poorly developed. For… — Edsger Dijkstra
O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, meddling, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the… — Ephrem the Syrian
To know people is wisdom, but to know yourself is enlightenment. to master people takes force, but to master yourself takes strength. to know contentment… — Laozi
My most difficult opponent is myself. When I am playing I often involuntarily make a world champion out of a candidate master. — Lev Polugaevsky
Coach Landry was a master at maintaining discipline and creating an environment where ordinary people could achieve extra ordinary results. — Unknown Author

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