Master Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old master quotes, master sayings, and master proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

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
A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else. George Savile
Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master. Christian Lous Lange
A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations. Patricia Neal
One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves. Albert Camus
The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill! Wilkie Collins
‎Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else. Henry Ward Beecher
A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything. Friedrich Nietzsche
Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool. Seneca
You can't master your future if you're still a slave to your past. Habeeb Akande
We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master. Maria Montessori
If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things. Vincent Van Gogh
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. Ralph Waldo Emerson