Mastery Quotes

410 quotes by 308 authors

"Spirituality" in business sounds lofty. How practical is it? The answer is "very." There's a fundamental way in which Spirit and consciousness contribute to worldly… — Patricia Aburdene
Skill in the digital age is confused with mastery of digital tools, masking the importance of understanding materials and mastering the elements of form. — John Maeda
It is possible to achieve mastery of a problem or a skill without hurting another person or even without attempting to conquer. — Elliot Aronson
Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity. — Christopher Zeeman
It [slavery] has exercised absolute mastery over the American Church. . . . With the Bible in their hands, her priesthood have attempted to prove… — William Lloyd Garrison
Is not the history of real civilization the slow and gradual emancipation of the intellect, of the judgment, from the mastery of passion? Is not… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television and, in fairness to television, it's never warmed up to… — Walter F. Mondale
When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can… — Marcus Aurelius
We need to tap the resource of current and retiring science and math professionals that have both content mastery and the practical experience to serve… — Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Careless of waste, wallowing in refuse, exterminating the enemies . . . despising age, denying human natural history, fabricating pseudotraditions, swamped in the repeated personal… — Paul Shepard
One can be a great artist without being a great technician. There have been many famous ballet stars who did not have the ideal body… — Fernando Bujones
The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming mastery… — Winston Churchill
I sometimes still go out hunting for bad weather, flying low in simple airplanes to explore the inner reaches of the clouds. Less experienced pilots… — William Langewiesche
Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of the vocabulary and syntax to mislead… — Dorothy L. Sayers
You must be able to write. You must have a sense of form, of pattern, of design. You must have a respect for and a… — Ngaio Marsh
Self-mastery is a challenge for every individual. Only we can control our appetites and passions. Self-mastery cannot be bought by money or fame. It is… — James E. Faust
Our lives look a lot more interesting when theyâ€™re filtered through the sexy Facebook interface. We star in our own movies, we photograph ourselves incessantly,… — Jonathan Franzen
Thus at every step we are reminded that we by no means rule over nature like a conqueror over a foreign people, like someone standing… — Friedrich Engels
The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus. — Robert Greene
Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge. — Robert Greene

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