It was an art, and like all arts it demanded mastery…

“Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality…

— Peter M. Senge

The price that must be paid for mastery is discipline. No one achieves lasting success without it. So from the moment you awake each…

— Robin Crow

“Passion leads to commitment, which breeds discipline and study, which ultimately leads to success.”

— Anthony Clark

Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality…

— Peter Senge

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

“Do you want to know the horrible truth? I can't even remember what she looked like. I only know she was the one thing…

— George R.R. Martin

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

— Sarah Manguso

“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 But that info is obsolete, like my insults…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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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