Master Quotes

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason, mastery demands the whole person.

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.

Night is falling; at twilight a man needs good eyesight to distinguish the good Lord from the Devil.[La nuit tombe : au crépuscule il faut avoir bonne vue pour distinguer le Bon Dieu du Diable.]

Many a one believes himself the master of others, and yet he is a greater slave than they.[Tel se croit le maître des autres, qui ne laisse pas d’être plus esclave.]

Man is an animal that, so long as he lives amongst others of his species, stands in need of a master.[Der Mensch ist ein Tier, das, wenn es unter andern seiner Gattung lebt, einen Herrn nötig hat.]

Let every man be master of his time.

It is no compliment to be the stupidly idolised master of a dog whose instinct it is to idolise, but it is a very distinct tribute to be chosen as the friend and confidant of a philosophic cat who is wholly his own master and could easily choose another companion if he found such a one more agreeable and interesting.

If many man fail to be masters in their own house this is not from lack of willingness, but of talent. As for those who are ready to undergo the toils of this terrible duel, it is quite true that they must needs possess great moral force.[Si tant d’hommes ne sont pas maîtres chez eux, ce n’est pas défaut de bonne volonté, mais de talent. Quant à ceux qui acceptent les travaux passagers de ce terrible duel, ils ont, il est vrai, besoin d’une grande force morale.]

He who has a partner has a master.[Chi ha compagno ha padrone.]

He is a poor disciple who does not excel his master.[Tristo è quel discepolo che non avanza il suo maestro.]

Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you’re in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.

And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall blame; and no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame, but each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star, shall draw the thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They are!