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if a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them.


Amor Towles

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Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.
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CONFUCIUS A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances ...
FREDERICK DOUGLASS Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he.
JOHANN G. SEUME If he does not wish for his own success by unfair means, then he is good, wise, and virtuous.
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DESIDERIUS ERASMUS Sounis had been thinking of Ambiades. "He would have been a better man under different circumstances...
MEGAN WHALEN TURNER Man is mortal. This is his fate. Man pretends not to be mortal. That is his sin. Man is a creature o...
SYLVAN BARNET A man does not have to show pride in his children by endless talk; One can see it in his face as he ...
STEVEN R. DIXON A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffe...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Commemoration of Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, spiritual writer, 1893 The Bible is ...
PHILLIPS BROOKS Man is free in his imagination, but bound by his reason.
ISRAEL LIPKIN After all, only he who handles his ideas lightly is master of his ideas, and only he who is master o...
LIN YUTANG the man overrun by emotions loves more and loves better than the man with distant emotions. Then aga...
ARMANDO RODRIGUEZ JR When a man is an upright contender, only real people are bound to be around; but if he is a downrigh...
ANUJ SOMANY No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may ...
BEN JOHNSON No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may ...
BEN JONSON If a man does not love his work, he will definitely lose it
SUNDAY ADELAJA It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have ca...
BIBLE “Behind every successful man there is a woman” --- If a husband does not sacrifice his wishes fo...
MUHAMMAD ABDULLAH JAVED Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ou...
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ou...
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY He can, if he does the restructuring smartly, save more than he will be paid. He is a master at this...
DANIELE SEITZ That man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very g...
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE A man, when he wishes, is the master of his fate.
JOSE FERRER A man should be judged by what he does, not who he is or where he’s from.
MICHAEL G. SOUTHWICK Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is alway...
HANNAH ARENDT If Turkey does not fulfill the criteria, then Turkey should be bound in Europe by the strongest poss...
CHANCELLOR WOLFGANG SCHüSSEL A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed ...
LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA He might just be very comfortable doing what he's doing. If he is, he's at the top of the list, then...
TONY GWYNN If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU God may allow His servant to succeed when He has disciplined him to a point where he does not need t...
A. W. TOZER A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.
FRANCOIS MITTERRAND If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.
BISHOP ROBERT SOUTH If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.
ROBERT SOUTH Man surprised me most about humanity. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money.
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JAMES J. LACHARD His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning. As a writer he has mastered everything except ...
OSCAR WILDE If a man does not work passionately - even furiously - at being the best in the world at what he doe...
GEORGE LOIS After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of ...
JOSEPH BRODSKY There is no one so bound to his own face that he does not cherish the hope of presenting another to ...
ANTONIO MACHADO Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her a...
CAMILLE ANNA PAGLIA Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her a...
CAMILLE PAGLIA A man who gives himself to be a possession of aliens leads a Yahoo life, having bartered his soul to...
T. E. LAWRENCE Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.
LEONARDO DA VINCI By the law of Christ, every man is bound to love his neighbour as himself; but every servant is a ne...
JOHN WYCLIFFE A Great man is he who does not lose his childlike heart.
MENCIUS (MENGZI MENG-TSE) Man is complete in himself. When they go into the world, the world will disagree with them. That is ...
OSCAR WILDE A man must be master of his hours and days, not their servant.
WILLIAM FREDERICK BOOK A man must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool. It is absurd to say that a man is ...
G.K. CHESTERTON If a man is secure enough to allow his partner to go out and express herself, and if he does not fee...
ARJUN KAPOOR If you wish to cook, the recipe for success is to follow a good chef, follow his approach & ingr...
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MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT Because a man is placed in charge of a club does not make it necessary for him to be a taskmaster or...
JOE TINKER Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that he sometimes has to eat them.
ADLAI E. STEVENSON JR. Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
ADLAI E. STEVENSON JR. Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
ADLAI STEVENSON Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
ADLAI E. STEVENSON They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; ...
FRANCIS BACON The master of a single trade can support a family. The master of seven trades cannot support himself...
OG MANDINO Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances c...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances c...
THOMAS AQUINAS A disciple can be forgiven if he does not have great mental ability. He can be forgiven also if he d...
WILLIAM MACDONALD Man should be master of his environment, not its slave. That is what freedom means.
ANTHONY EDEN If nobodys perfect, then God must be nobody, if God is nobody, then God is nothing, if God is nothin...
LIVVY ANDERSON He does a good job staying on the ground, not going for shot fakes, using his length to his advantag...
JORDAN FARMAR If a person’s deeds are truly better, then his words are bound to be greater; but if his words are...
ANUJ SOMANY Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he i...
AFRICAN PROVERB Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is...
AFRICAN PROVERB A wise man knows to say he does not know but a fool claims to know until it is apparent by all that ...
KEVIN I.E2 GBOBOH A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, tw...
GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, t...
GEORGE S. PATTON JR. A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, t...
GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything.
CLAUDE MCKAY Time does not heal all wounds; if a man is not careful, time erases wounds. Then what is he left wit...
DOUG RICE ... a man doesn't like to have his ego popped, especially when he prides himself on his sagacity, an...
E.A. BUCCHIANERI They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body;...
FRANCIS BACON Consciously, bring an unconscious act into your consciousness where you can master it...then, once m...
RODNEY LOVELL No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires mo...
JEREMY TAYLOR A man who knows the world will not only make the most of everything he does know, but of many thin...
COLTON Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything -- except his own nature.
HENRY MILLER The great man is he who does not lose his child-heart.
MENCIUS The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value w...
OSCAR WILDE If it be a point of humanity for man to bring health and comfort to man, and especially to mitigate ...
THOMAS MORE Man does not live by words alone, in spite of the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
RALPH BELLAMY A man,who realizes the potential of his mind by means of introspection and contemplation, he does no...
SAM VEDA Fear is your greatest obstacle - so question your fear. If it does not serve your greatest life then...
JOY PAGE Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care th...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the wor...
EPICTETUS A man ceases to be a beginner in any given science and becomes a master in that science when he has ...
ROBIN G. COLLINGWOOD If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alon...
SAMUEL JOHNSON Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illi...
SWAMI SIVANANDA Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to con...
VIKTOR E. FRANKL He who chooses to be a master never does just enough to get by; nor does he cut corners or attempt t...
JAMES ARTHUR RAY If someone does not believe in fairies, he does not need to teach his children 'There are no fairies...
LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN He is a man of integrity. I have taken him at his word that he does not have an ideological agenda a...
PATRICK LEAHY A man who has come to the full realization of his responsibility to men won't stick to one man. It w...
OGWO DAVID EMENIKE Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.
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