It is the acquisition of skills in particular, irrespective of their utility, that is potent in making life meaningful. Since man has… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“Begging is much more difficult than it looks. Contrary to popular belief, it’s a high art form that takes years of dedicated… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
Strength, Courage, Mastery, and Honor are the alpha virtues of men all over the world. They are the fundamental virtues of men… — Jack Donovan Copy Share Image
Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Teaching is not a job anyone just falls into. It is mastery of a craft: in fact, the craft that enables all… — Miguel Cardona Copy Share Image
Education is not filling the mind with a lot of facts. Perfecting the instrument and getting complete mastery of my own mind… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“We shouldn't let our envy of distinguished masters of the arts distract us from the wonder of how each of us gets… — Marvin Minsky Copy Share Image
All through it, I have known myself to be quite undeserving. And yet I have had the weakness, and have still the… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
If you can win complete mastery over self, you will easily master all else. To triumph over self is the perfect victory. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
“You must immerse yourself in your work. You have to fall in love with your work … You must dedicate your life… — Chef Jiro Copy Share Image
To the average man, life presents itself, not as material malleable to his hand, but as a series of problems...which he has… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
You may hear people say that submarines have done away with the battleship, and that aircraft have annulled the mastery of the… — John Buchan Copy Share Image
An interesting piece of work, freely chosen, which has the virtue of inducing concentration rather than fatigue, adds to the child's energies… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
“The most incredible architecture Is the architecture of Self, which is ever changing, evolving, revolving and has unlimited beauty and light inside… — Allan Rufus Copy Share Image
When doing what we most love transforms us into the best possible version of ourselves and that version hints at even greater… — Steven Kotler Copy Share Image
If I had known there was such a thing as Islamic Calligraphy, I would never have started to paint. I have strived… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
In writing you work toward a result you won't see for years, and can't be sure you'll ever see. It takes stamina… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
There's no mastery to be had. You love the attempt. You don't master a story any more than you master a river.… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Many consider that Shostakovich is the greatest 20th-century composer. In his 15 symphonies, 15 quartets, and in other works he demonstrated mastery… — Dmitri Shostakovich Copy Share Image
Intercourse is an assertion of mastery, one that announces his own higher caste and proves it upon a victim who is expected… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
Nihilism is a natural consequence of a culture (or civilization) ruled and regulated by categories that mask manipulation, mastery and domination of… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
