We must not count temptation a strange thing. “The disciple is not greater than his master, nor the servant than his lord.” If Satan came to Christ, he will also come to Christians.

Emperor Lucifer, Master and Prince of Rebellious Spirits, I adjure thee to leave thine abode, in what-ever quarter of the world it may be situated and come hither to communicate with me

The master rode alone that day; and in the woods, side by side, White Fang ran with Collie, as his mother, Kiche, and old One Eye had run long years before in the silent Northland forest.

We could not strike back, for we were starving; and it is the way of the world that when one man feeds another he is that man’s master.

Again and again, as he looked at each brutal performance, the lesson was driven home to Buck: a man with a club was a lawgiver, a master to be obeyed, though not necessarily conciliated.

He had learned well the law of club and fang, and he never forewent an advantage or drew back from a foe he had started on the way to Death. He had lessoned from Spitz, and from the chief fighting dogs of the police and mail, and knew there was no middle course. He must master or be mastered; while to show mercy was a weakness. mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death. Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten, was the law; and this mandate, down out of the depths of Time, he obeyed.

Beauty is the only master to serve.

He must master or be mastered; while to show mecy was a weakness. Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death. Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten, was the law; and this mandate, down out of the depths of Time, he obeyed.

Go strip off your clothes that are a nuisance in this mellow clime. Get in and wrestle with the sea; wing your heels with the skill and power that reside in you, hit the sea’s breakers, master them, and ride upon their backs as a king should.

This expression of abandon and surrender, of absolute trust, he reserved for the master alone.

When you master all defensive and offensive aspects of the game and always enjoy the majority of possession, you’re sitting in pole position to win

To watch a master work at anything is a privilege.

The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried

Oh Tigger, where are your manners?” “I don’t know, but I bet they’re having more fun than I am.

A young mistress is better than an old master.

Yogi Bhajan shows us that a key to being the master of your own mind is to learn how to forgive yourself. So for today, just for one minute, practice forgiving yourself.

There is not one among us in whom a devil does not dwell; at some time, on some point, that devil masters each of us… It is not having been in the Dark House, but having left it, that counts.

If you can dream – and not make dreams your master; If you can think – and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same;

This tremendous world I have inside of me. How to free myself, and this world, without tearing myself to pieces. And rather tear myself to a thousand pieces than be buried with this world within me.

I’m not a jack of all trades; I’m a master of many. I don’t feel there is anything I can’t do if I want to

I think if you have ability and talent in one way, you have it in all ways. I’m not a jack of all trades; I’m a master of many. I don’t feel there is anything I can’t do if I want to.

You are the master of your own ship, pal. There are lots of people who fall into troubled waters and don’t have the guts or the knowledge or the ability to make it to shore. They have nobody to blame but themselves.

The thing is to become a master and in your old age to acquire the courage to do what children did when they knew nothing.

No person is free who is not master of himself.

Any man who does not think that what he has is more than ample, is an unhappy man, even if he is the master of the whole world.

Two such as you with such a master speed, cannot be parted nor be swept away, from one another once you are agreed, that life is only life forevermore, together wing to wing and oar to oar.

No man is free until he s a master of himself!!

No man is free who is not master of himself.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.

I would like to explode, flow, crumble into dust, and my disintegration would be my masterpiece.

The things of nature are the Lord’s silent ministers, given to us to teach us spiritual truths. They speak to us of the love of God and declare the wisdom of the great Master Artist.

All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust, and that they are to account for their conduct in that trust to the one great Master, Author, and Founder of society.

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.

Everyone is a master and servant.

The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.

Thinking is a wonderful tool if it’s applied. Thinking, however, can not become the master. Thinking is a very bad master. If you’re dominated by thinking then your life becomes very restricted.

It is done. Once again the Fire has penetrated the earth, not with the sudden crash of thunderbolt, riving the mountain tops: does the Master break down doors to enter His own home? Without earthquake, or thunderclap: the flame has lit up the whole world from within.

If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf.

The manager is a servant. His master is the institution he manages and his first responsibility must therefore be to it.

Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it – just as we have learned to live with storms.

I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work.

Africa is to Europe as the picture is to Dorian Gray-a carrier onto whom the master unloads his physical & moral deformities

Study hard so that you can master technology, which allows us to master nature.

Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God’s grandchild.

Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, “I am of no value”, is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself. We all have the power of thought – so what are you lacking? If you have willpower, then you can change anything. It is usually said that you are your own master.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind.

You are a seeker. Delight in the mastery of your hands and your feet, of your words and your thoughts.

If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.

Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.

Masters in all branches of art must first be masters in living, for the soul creates everything

But hunger is pride’s master.

You must learn a new way to think before you can master a new way to be.

The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never allow us to bring about genuine change.

A man cannot serve two masters: so it is either reason or the scriptures.

I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

An artist is not a master of himself, he is not the master of his subject, but he is a servant of his vision

You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.

The eye of a master will do more work than both his hands.

The great master key to riches is nothing more or less than the self-discipline necessary to help you take full and complete possession of your own mind.

Human infirmity in moderating and checking the emotions I name bondage : for, when a man is a prey to his emotions, he is not his own master, but lies at the mercy of fortune : so much so, that he is often compelled, while seeing that which is better for him, to follow that which is worse.

When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.