Mastery Quotes

410 quotes by 295 authors

Yet again, the more you strive for some kind of perfection or masteryâ€”in morals, in art or in spiritualityâ€”the more you see that you are… — Alan Watts
What makes authentic disciples is not visions, ecstasies, biblical mastery of chapter and verse, or spectacular success in the ministry, but a capacity for faithfulness.… — Brennan Manning
We love the imperfect shapes in nature and in the works of art, look for an intentional error as a sign of the golden key… — Dejan Stojanovic
Power. What do we mean? 'The ability to determine another man's luck.' ...how is it that some men attain mastery over others while the vast… — David Mitchell
Instinct of love toward an object demands a mastery to obtain it, and if a person feels they can't control the object or feel threatened… — Sigmund Freud
Donâ€™t fail through defects of temper and over-sensitiveness at moments of trial. One of the great helps to success is to be cheerful; to go… — Amelia Barr
I'll not deny I am impressed by your mastery of six warrens, Quick Ben. In retrospect, you should have held back on at least half… — Steven Erikson
No society has ever yet been able to handle the temptations of technology to mastery, to waste, to exuberance, to exploration and exploitation. We have… — Margaret Mead
Love will not be constrain'd by mastery. When mast'ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is… — Geoffrey Chaucer
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it… — Mark Twain
Real freedom comes from the mastery, through knowledge, of historic conditions and race character, which makes possible a free and intelligent use of experience for… — Hamilton Wright Mabie
The most intelligent men, like the strongest, find their happiness where others would find only disaster: in the labyrinth, in being hard with themselves and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life. — Theodore Roosevelt
The highest purpose of intellectual cultivation is to give a man a perfect knowledge and mastery of his own inner self. — Novalis
The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery. — Erik Erikson
We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways. — Clarence Day
A good simulation, be it a religious myth or scientific theory, gives us a sense of mastery over experience. To represent something symbolically, as we… — Heinz Pagels
To know oneself is the first step toward making flow a part of one's entire life. But just as there is no free lunch in… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Knowledge passes from dance teacher into the student through the process of mane, which is often translated as imitation, but learning to dance is more… — Mineko Iwasaki
The quality of your practice is ultimately measured by its effect on the quality of your life. In other words, mastery in yoga is mastery… — Rod Stryker

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