Mastery Quotes

We love the imperfect shapes in nature and in the works of art, look for an intentional error as a sign of the golden key and sincerity found in true mastery.

Listen to people from your heart, as if your life depended on it, and you will find that in turn people will listen to you with all of theirs.

Destiny and fate are of one’s own making, and riches and happiness are rarely found at the end of an easily-traversed path.

That which is currently beyond your capabilities now, does not have to be so forever

In this world of half-jobs and liars, I will prevail.

I should become happier at what I do and leave others happier than before they’d met me.

Mark my words. Perception is reality and how someone perceives you is their reality.

Perception number one, how you want people to think about you when you arrive and perception number two, how you want them to talk about you once you have left.

In short, the difference between you and your doctor is that he has a well-designed reputation and you do not.

Young man, your problem and the reason so many like you fail, is simply because you allow yourself to give up far too early.

Fascinatingly resilient the tenacity of a child. Not yet conditioned by society to give up when instructed to do so.

And so it must be with the energy you muster for your own work. Get out there and convert the unconverted. Save them all from the charlatans and the nearly-men.

It has nothing to do with the time being right or wrong. Storms just happen.

You can’t plough a field by turning it over in your mind. Either you get out there and plough it or it doesn’t get done.

You see continuous movement is the important thing here. Those who remain in one position and then lie to themselves about their progress are the ones in real trouble.

Currently, you are approaching each opportunity with a single possible outcome and when that doesn't happen you fool yourself that there was nothing more that you could have done.

The future is a fabulous place to bury your success.

Don't allow your imagination to colour events as lesser men would, and see movement in motionless things.

Until you take the first step forward, failure remains reassuringly impossible.

A distaste for the new is not always fear of the unknown, but sometimes ambition. Some people don't like the new way simply because they never got a chance to master the old way.

Mastery is not something that strikes in an instant, like a thunderbolt, but a gathering power that moves steadily through time, like weather.

Fear is a powerful beast, if it is allowed the mastery.

Self knowledge is the stepping stop to self mastery.

All practical teachers know that education is a patient process of mastery of details, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day.

The discovery that it is in our power to change our lives by the thoughts we think is the first step toward spiritual mastery.

Mastery of the German language and the acceptance of our legal system has to become part of the criteria for naturalization.

Diane Cluck is a virtuosic talent with an emotionality that feels at once ancient and alien. Her mastery of her voice as an ecstatic instrument is so compelling.

The mind is incredible. Once you've gained mastery over it, channelling its powers positively, for your purpose you can do anything.

A good sweat, with the blood punding through my body, makes me feel alive, revitalized. I gain a sense of mastery and assurance. I feel good about myself. Then I can feel good about others.

Names have power. In certain cultures, just speaking a man's name gives you mastery over him.

Autonomy, Purpose, & Mastery: If you are having difficulty creating the life you want, chances are one or more of these are missing.

Love is not about others; love is a practice of self-mastery.

I take my fundamental cue from John Coltrane that says there must be a priority of integrity, honesty, decency, and mastery of craft.

It is your own habits of thinking which give you mastery in any field of achievement

I also think when it comes to delivering on Brexit, we need someone with a passion but also the mastery of the detail.

A person with power controls their life and their destiny. They have a mastery. Their moments are aware moments in this world, never wasted.

And now, I feel at 85, I really feel that I'm just ready to start.

Enthusiasm is more important to mastery than innate ability.

The whole creation is so tenderly balanced - this manifests the mastery of the Creator.

We try not to encourage demonstrations of his mastery of the gaseous arts.

Those times in life when you're terrified are the mastery times.

Mastery is proven only in limitation, and law alone can give us freedom.

It is said that it takes 10,000 hours to develop mastery and excellence. How many hours have you clocked today on your passion?

Let neither tear nor reproach besmirch this declaration of the mastery of God who, with magnificent irony, granted me both the gift of books and the night.

Participants in dance, both dancers and viewers, may experience catharsis and develop a sense of mastery or self-discovery.

The transformation toward eternal life is gradual. The heavy gross energy of body, mind, and spirit must first be purified and uplifted. When the energy ascends... then self mastery can be sought.

To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions.

Without an unreserved surrender to His grace, complete mastery over thoughts is impossible.

Khadi work without the mastery of the science of khadi will be love's labour lost in terms of Swaraj.

The integration of the Negro into American society is one of the most exciting challenges to self-development and self-mastery that any nation of people ever faced.