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Quotes About Master

I went away and cried to the Master of the Universe, "What have you done to me? A mind like this I need for a son? A heart I need for a son, a soul I need for a son, compassion I want from my son, righteousness, mercy, strength to suffer and carry pain, that I want from my son, not a mind without a soul!
~ Chaim Potok
He was always so zealous and honorable in fulfilling his compact with me, that he made me zealous and honorable in fulfilling mine with him. If he had shown indifference as a master, I have no doubt I should have returned the compliment as a pupil. He gave me no such excuse, and each of us did the other justice.
~ Charles Dickens
Don't I what?' said Peg. 'Love your old master too much—' 'No, not a bit too much,' said Peg.
~ Charles Dickens
dropped his master's head upon the floor with a pretty loud crash, and then, without an effort to lift it up, gazed upon the bystanders, as if he had done something rather clever than otherwise.
~ Charles Dickens
A thousand thanks, my master!' John Baptist said in his own language, and with the quick conciliatory manner of his own countrymen. Monsieur Rigaud arose, lighted a cigarette, put the rest of his stock into a breast-pocket, and
~ Charles Dickens
Master, because You live inside me, I have new and glorious freedom. Remove the distractions. Still my restless heart. Let the new me emerge.
~ Charles F. Stanley
But during the summer of 1934, a series of events had occurred which endangered not only the Morro Castle, but also her master. On July 29, a meal had been served that made Wilmott ill enough to suspect poisoning; on August 4 an attempted strike had threatened to wreck the liner's tight schedule; on August 27 a fire had started in a hold containing high explosives.
~ Gordon Thomas
to overcome the fear that may be in our lives today, we must first master the patterns that allow it to exist. Figure 12.
~ Gregg Braden
When the patient began speaking, Robert continued, he sounded unlike any person I have ever met before. Sure, his actions signaled that he was crazy, but his presence… Jessica, his presence was like what I imagine it would be to be close to a holy person or a spiritual master. I mean, that is really the only conclusion I can come to. And the holy guy tried to kill himself? Come on Robert. That just sounds ridiculous.
~ Gudjon Bergmann
Pivot : Homme ou femme pour illustrer un nouveau billet de banque? Fawles : Alexandre Dumas, qui a gagné beaucoup avant de tout perdre, et qui rappelait justement que l'argent est un bon serviteur, mais un mauvais maître.
~ Guillaume Musso
The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim.
~ Gustave Le Bon
It is the need not of liberty but of servitude that is always predominant in the soul of crowds. They are so bent on obedience that they instinctively submit to whoever declares himself their master.
~ Gustave Le Bon
La raza y la esclavitud de nuestras necesidades cotidianas son las misteriosas causas maestras que gobiernan nuestro destino.
~ Gustave Le Bon
Keep a government poor and weak and it's your servant; let it get rich and powerful and it's your master.
~ H. Beam Piper
He longed to be master of her strange mood.
~ James Joyce
The language in which we are speaking is his before it is mine. How different are the words HOME, CHRIST, ALE, MASTER, on his lips and on mine! I cannot speak or write these words without unrest of spirit. His language, so familiar and so foreign, will always be for me an acquired speech. I have not made or accepted its words. My voice holds them at bay. My soul frets in the shadow of his language.
~ James Joyce
He was trembling now with annoyance. Why did she seem so abstracted? He did not know how he could begin. Was she annoyed, too, about something? If she would only turn to him or come to him of her own accord! To take her as she was would be brutal. No, he must see some ardour in her eyes first. He longed to be master of her strange mood.
~ James Joyce
I owe you a debt, he told Vader. It took you to bring me back to the Force. And you to firm my faith in the power of the dark side, Master Shryne.
~ James Luceno
Your fugitive Jedi, my apprentice, Sidious said. They are traveling to Kashyyyk. He tipped his head to one side. Perhaps, Lord Vader, they hope to lay a trap for you. Vader clenched his hands. That would be my most fervent wish, my Master. Sidious clamped his hands on Vader's upper arms. Then go to them, Lord Vader. Make them sorry they didn't hide while they had the chance!
~ James Luceno
Learning is the master skill. When you fully engage in learning—when you throw yourself wholeheartedly into experimenting, reflecting, reading, or receiving coaching—you are going to experience the thrill of improvement and the taste of success.
~ James M. Kouzes
Elton John can be a master of the sleight of hand. The arrangements make it seem like there are substantial melodies underneath the tracks - but almost nothing demands repeated listenings. Similarly, he always sounds like he's singing up a storm, but his voice glosses over the material, reducing most things to an uninteresting sameness.
~ Jon Landau
There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man's general destiny.
~ Lascelles Abercrombie
The world and the universe are far more wonderful if there's not a puppet master.
~ Dave Matthews
It's in our genetics. It's why women are the master species. We give birth and we can walk in heels.
~ Jaci Burton, Taking a Shot