Master Quotes
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A true master of politics is able to calculate, down to the smallest fraction, the advantages to which he may put his very faults.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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In the world of knowledge, the essential Form of Good is the limit of our inquiries, and can barely be perceived; but, when perceived, we cannot help concluding that it is in every case the source of all that is bright and beautiful -in the visible world giving birth to light and its master, and in the intellectual world dispensing, immediately and with full authority, truth and reason -and that whosoever would act wisely, either in private or in public, must set this Form of Good before his eyes.
Plato
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Most of all I like "bad" lines, that is those considered bad, in my opinion unjustly, by theory. The reason for the last quotation marks is that most so-called theory is only a collection of examples from master practice.
Bent Larsen
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The master said, 'Quietly to store up knowledge in my mind, to learn without flagging, to teach without growing weary, these present me with no difficulties.'
Confucius
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You've got to be the master of your instrument, you've got to be dedicated, and you've got to do a lot of practicing, especially in the beginning, once you've got it, you've got it. It will always be with you.
Hal Blaine
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Laws cannot be imposed on him who is the master of the law.
Benvenuto Cellini
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A man, when he wishes, is the master of his fate.
Jose Ferrer
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I'm not a good enough musician to like completely master something in a couple of days and turn it around.
Bear McCreary
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Golf is a game you can never get too good at. You can improve, but you can never get to where you master the game.
Gay Brewer
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In my several years of international cricket, Tendulkar remains the best batsman I have ever bowled to. It's been a pleasure to bowl at the master batsman even though one hasn't always emerged with credit from the engagements.
Allan Donald
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Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.
William Faulkner
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Water is a very good servant, but it is a cruel master.
Charles G. D. Roberts
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I'm one of the lucky ones. People get Master's Degree and they say, 'I don't know what I wanted to do,' I knew I always wanted to do. Isn't that nice?
Kaye Ballard
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If one is the master of oneself, one is the resort one can depend on; therefore, one should control oneself of all.
Gautama Buddha
