Mastery Quotes

410 quotes by 306 authors

If you knew how much work went into it, you wouldn't call it genius. — Michelangelo
Our lives are more like fragmentary dreams than the enactments of conscious selves. We control very little of what we most care about; many of… — John Gray
But let there be no misunderstanding: it is not that a real man, the object of knowledge, philosophical reflection or technological intervention, has been substituted… — Michel Foucault
If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo. — Bruce Lee
All through it, I have known myself to be quite undeserving. And yet I have had the weakness, and have still the weakness, to wish… — Charles Dickens
Courage was mine, and I had mystery, Wisdom was mine, and I had mastery: To miss the march of this retreating world Into vain citadels… — Wilfred Owen
Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there. — Bruce Lee
The Chancellor looked down at the empty table for a minute. Then he shrugged, looked up, and gave a surprisingly jaunty smile. "All in favor… — Patrick Rothfuss
All your scholarship would be in vain if at the same time you do not build your character and attain mastery over your thoughts and… — Mahatma Gandhi
A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence. — Bruce Lee
...mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life. — A.C. Grayling
There's no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it. — Unknown Author
If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today. — Bruce Lee
If there is a God, he is within. You don't ask God to give you things, you depend on God for your inner theme. — Bruce Lee
The Way of Mastery is to break all the rulesâ€”but you have to know them perfectly before you can do this; otherwise you are not… — Aleister Crowley
Ah, Mastery of the Five Elements!" "Is that the one we want?" I asked. "No, but a good one. How to tame the five essential… — Rick Riordan
Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's about getting up one more time than we fall down. — Arianna Huffington
â€ŽAnd yet I have had the weakness, and have still the weakness, to wish you to know with what a sudden mastery you kindled me,… — Charles Dickens
Inner peace is impossible without patience. Wisdom requires patience. Spiritual growth implies the mastery of patience. Patience allows the unfolding of destiny to proceed at… — Brian Weiss
Invention is the most important product of man's creative brain. The ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing… — Nikola Tesla

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