Excellence Quote by Chris Matakas

“An act of mastery is mastery itself.”

— Tehya Sky

“Mastery requires both the possession of ready knowledge and the conceptual understanding of how to use it.”

— Peter C. Brown

“If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.”

— Anonymous

“Achieving mastery requires breaking through the shell of your own limitations—both actual and imagined—and struggling up to the freedom and enjoyment of real skill.”

— Erika Andersen

“You can gain the mastery over skill if only you will invest time to work hard.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Mastery... is to work toward simplicity; replace complex technology with knowledge, hard work, and skill.

— Yvon Chouinard

“Only inner-mastery can bring outer-mastery.”

— Bryant McGill

“In order to gain mastery over whatever you have been called to do, you must look for ways of improving how you do them.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“To gain mastery you must unite the qualities of spirit, strength, technique and the ability to take the initiative. (Page 31).”

— Sadami Yamada

“Mastery is found in what we choose to do -- our outputs -- not from our inputs.”

— Tony Crabbe

“Seeking new levels of technical mastery should be a life long pursuit - not because you want to impress, but to facilitate any direction…

— Kenny Werner

“A difference is between mastership and mastery.”

— Petra Hermans