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Masters Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The passive master lent his hand, To the vast Soul which o'er him planned.
- The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men around to his opinion twenty years later.
- When the spirit is not master of the world, then it is its dupe.
- All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many…
- We stand against fate, as children stand up against the wall in their father's house, and notch their height from year to year. But when…
- Our people are slow to learn the wisdom of sending character instead of talent to Congress. Again and again they have sent a man of…
- When the Master of the universe has points to carry in his government he impresses his will in the structure of minds.
- There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes on itself the guaranty of the fulfillment of…
- It is the doctrine of the popular music-masters, that whoever can speak can sing. So, probably, every man is eloquent once in his life. Our…
- What has been done in the world - the works of genius - cost nothing. There is no painful effort, but it is the spontaneous…
- A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life.
- Shall I tell you the secret of the true scholar? It is this: every man I meet is my master in some point, and in…
- Practice radical humility." He (or she)who masters the art of humility cannot be humiliated...
- The Artist always has the masters in his eyes.
- In the vaunted works of Art, The master-stroke is Nature's part.
- There never was a strong character that was not made strong by discipline of the will; there never was a strong people that did not…
- The President has paid dear for his White House. It has commonly cost him all his peace, and the best of his manly attributes. To…
More Masters Quotes
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Spirituality is indeed the master key of the Indian mind; the sense of the infinitive is native to it. — Sri Aurobindo
- My masters are strange folk with very little care for music in them. — Johann Sebastian Bach
- What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly. — Richard Bach
- The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of… — Richard Bach
- I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I will work… — Erykah Badu
- Those who remember Washington's cold war culture in the 1980s will recall the shocked reactions to Reagan's intervention. People interested in foreign… — Russell Baker
- The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master… — Mikhail Bakunin
- I'm not an actor that tends to care. I don't ask 'Is this a close up? Is this a master? Is this… — Christian Bale
- Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master. — P T Barnum
- It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it. — Amelia Barr
- Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a… — Clara Barton