Conclusion #3: Passion Is a Side Effect of Mastery

We must master our egoism, and through this mastery, step outside ourselves and educate ourselves in giving. Fasting requires that we rediscover all that…

— Tariq Ramadan

You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation…

— Stephen Covey

I wish that I had known back then that a mastery of process would lead to a product. Then I probably wouldn't have found…

— Elizabeth George

One can be a great artist without being a great technician. There have been many famous ballet stars who did not have the ideal…

— Fernando Bujones

It’s easier to have courage and trust the process when you feel you’re making headway. Mastery is not persistence when you see a light…

— James Arthur Ray

We possess within us a force of incalculable power, which if we direct it in a conscious and wise manner, gives us the mastery…

— Emile Coue

“What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly…

— Timothy Ferriss

“Having no applicable skills, in any possible area whatsoever, effectively makes me the master of redundancy. But that info is obsolete, like my insults…

— Will Advise

I like people who possess either deep mastery or deep empathy, but not as much as I like those who possess both.

— Sarah Manguso

A pivotal spiritual attribute is that of self-mastery-th e strength to place reason over appetite. Self-mastery builds a strong conscience. And your conscience determines…

— Russell M. Nelson

Do it the hard way! Think ahead of your job. Then nothing in the world can keep the job ahead from reaching out for…

— Harlow Curtice

Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step…

— Richard Powers

Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but if we…

— Spencer W. Kimball

“The only constant in every aspect of your life is you, and if you want to achieve mastery and success in your life you…

— Tom Miles

LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and his two sons in the folds of two enormous…

— Ambrose Bierce