Mastery Quotes

410 quotes by 295 authors

Freedom and happiness come from understanding - and working with - our limits. Begin at once a program of self-mastery. Stick with your purpose. Do… — Epictetus
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 your… — Russell M. Nelson
Fun from games arises out of mastery. It arises out of comprehension. It is the act of solving puzzles that makes games fun. In other… — Raph Koster
An updated notion of genius would have to center around one's mastery of information and its dissemination. — Kenneth Goldsmith
You cannot attain #â€Ž mastery by patterning yourself after another or by following custom or tradition. Sheep do that. Masters and leaders never do — Roger McDonald
One of the odd things about being a writer is that you never reach a point of certainty, a point of mastery where you can… — Jenny Offill
With impeccable prose, dry wit, and uncommon wisdom, Ted Thompson brings to life one family's painful disappointments and powerful resilience. The Land of Steady Habits… — Maggie Shipstead
Mastering â€“ or, if you prefer, integrating â€“ the psyche is the work of a lifetimeâ€¦.This mastery is not holding the psyche in rigid subjugation… — Richard Smoley
Only by understanding the wisdom of natural foods and their effects on the body, shall we attain mastery of disease and pain, which shall enable… — William Harvey
Education is like a diamond with many facets: It includes the basic mastery of numbers and letters that give us access to the treasury of… — Ronald Reagan
Throughout the years I have tried to hone my skills to gain mastery over the music in my head. — Kip Winger
To the average man, life presents itself, not as material malleable to his hand, but as a series of problems...which he has to solve...And he… — Dorothy L. Sayers
Mastery is not measured by the number of terrible things you eliminate from your life, but by the number of times you eliminate calling them… — Neale Donald Walsch
But those dealing in the actual manufacture of mind are dealing in a very explosive material. The material is not merely the clay of which… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Even books are nurses, medicines are nurses. But we must work to bring about the time when man shall recognise his mastery over his own… — Swami Vivekananda
Creativity follows mastery, so mastery of skills is the first priority for young talent. — Benjamin Bloom
Usually the amateur is defined as an immature state of the artist: someone who cannot â€” or will not â€” achieve the mastery of a… — Roland Barthes
The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention. It is the most important product of his creative brain. Its ultimate purpose is the… — Nikola Tesla
Misfortune occurs or can occur to anyone, of any sort of character. The eudaimonic has more resources to avoid it (being in autonomous control of… — Kenny Smith
When man has mastered money he shall have mastered not only his economic problem of prosperity but also his political problem, for he will see… — E.C. Riegel

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