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A shout from chess grandmaster Aaron Nimzovich · Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitcyh Tartakower · Crescans Master · Ed Parker, Grandmaster, American Kenpo. · Edgar Lee Masters · June Masters Bacher · Lois McMaster Bujold · Lois McMaster Bujold, "Barrayar", 1991 · Lois McMaster Bujold, "Brothers in Arms" · Lois McMaster Bujold, "Memory", 1996 · Lois McMaster Bujold, Diplomatic Immunity, 2002 · Lois McMaster Bujold, Memory · Lois McMaster Bujold, Mirror Dance, 1994, p. 287 · Lois McMaster Bujold, Shards of Honor · Maurice Masterlinck

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life. – James Allen
Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols. – John Calvin
Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight. – Helen Keller
From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines, Going where I list, my own master total and absolute, Listening to others, considering well what they say, Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating, Gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me. – Walt Whitman
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action. – George Washington
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action. – George Washington
Money is in some respects life's fire it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master. – P Barnum
No man is free who is not master of himself. – Epictetus
Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person. – Albert Einstein
The master action, to move forward is a form of inaction; being still and quiet. – Bryant McGill
The master of any craft is first a master of self, cooperating with innate intelligence within. – Bryant McGill
The master tools of success are invitation, patience, time, gentleness, cooperation, and surrender. – Bryant McGill
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you. – Brian Tracy
If I could master the art of appearing confident, if I could convincingly pretend to know what I'm talking about when I don't, I'd be rich by now. Very important skill, bullshitting. – Tami Cohen
To love is not a passive thing. To love is active voice. When I love I do something, I function, I give. I do not love in order that I may be loved back again, but for the creative joy of loving. And every time I do so love I am freed, at least a little, by the outgoing of love, from enslavement to that most intolerable of master, myself. – Bernard Iddings Bell
If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master. – Michelangelo Buonarroti
Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. – Winston Churchill
'Tis not the dying for a faith that's so hard, Master Harry -- every man of every nation has done that -- 'tis the living up to it that's difficult. – William Makepeace Thackeray
...A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. – John Milton
A boy is a magical creature you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of your heart. You can get him out of your study, but you can't get him out of your mind. Might as well give up he is your captor, your jailer, your boss and your master a freckled-faced, pint-sized, cat-chasing bundle of noise. But when you come home at night with only the shattered pieces of your hopes and dreams, he can mend them like new with two magic words Hi, Dad – Alan Marshall Beck
A good book is the precious life-blood of the master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose for a life beyond. – John Milton
A good teacher is a master of simplification and an enemy of simplism. – Louis A. Berman
A man builds a fine house and now he has a master, and a task for life he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Society and Solitude: Works and Days, 1870
A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one. – Alexander Hamilton

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