Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
He became absorbed beyond mere happiness as he felt himself exercising control over living things. He talked to them, urging them, ordering… — William Golding Copy Share Image
Education is like a diamond with many facets: It includes the basic mastery of numbers and letters that give us access to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is absolutely big in Africa. I guess he's big everywhere. Growing up, Shakespeare was the thing. You'd learn monologues and you'd… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
For artists diving into a new technology, it is a triple short-cut to mastery: you get a free ride on the novelty… — Stewart Brand Copy Share Image
Hitler frequently demonstrated diffidence and unease in dealings with individuals which contrasted diametrically with his self-confident mastery in exploiting the emotions of… — Ian Kershaw Copy Share Image
Bureaucracy is ever desirous of spreading its influence and its power. You cannot extend the mastery of the government over the daily… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
But in the end, mastery involves working and working and showing little improvement, perhaps with a few moments of flow pulling you… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
“For those few minutes I experienced a feeling of complete mastery, a perfect, unstable equilibrium. The kind of perfection that belongs only… — Gianrico Carofiglio Copy Share Image
We possess within us a force of incalculable power, which if we direct it in a conscious and wise manner, gives us… — Emile Coue Copy Share Image
It is in this space of mastery over paradigms that people throw off addictions, live in constant joy, bring down empires, get… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
Civilization comes at a cost of manliness. It comes at a cost of wildness, of risk, of strife. It comes at a… — Jack Donovan Copy Share Image
All who become men of power reach their estate by the same self-mastery, the same self-adjustment to circumstances, the same voluntary exercise… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
However, they have not acquired a perfect mastery of the art of lying; they lie so clumsily and ineptly that anyone who… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
There is a fluency and an ease with which true mastery and expertise always expresses itself, whether it be in writing, whether… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
How incredible it is that in this fragile existence we should hate and destroy one another. There are possibilities enough for all… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Self-mastery is a challenge for every individual. Only we can control our appetites and passions. Self-mastery cannot be bought by money or… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
I keep going because I doubt myself. It drives me to be better. I've learned that the mastery of self-doubt is the… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
Male mastery in marriage is a social illusion, nurtured by women exhorting their creations to play and walk. At the emotional heart… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Ah, Mastery of the Five Elements!" "Is that the one we want?" I asked. "No, but a good one. How to tame… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
You cannot extend the mastery of government over the daily life of a people without somewhere making it master of people's souls… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
