Excellence Quote by Sarah Lewis Download Open image “The pursuit of mastery is an ever-onward almost,” — Sarah Lewis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Excellence Inspirational Love Mastery Motivational Pursuit
Mastery requires endurance. Mastery, a word we don’t use often, is not the equivalent of what we might consider its cognate—perfectionism—an inhuman aim motivated… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
Mastery is a journey, and that the master must have the courage to risk failure. — George Leonard Copy Share Image
To achieve great things we must be self-confined...mastery is revealed in limitation. — Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling Copy Share Image
It’s easier to have courage and trust the process when you feel you’re making headway. Mastery is not persistence when you see a light… — James Arthur Ray Copy Share Image
“Striving to gain mastery is like making a valiant attempt to live on the streets.” — Anyaele Sam Chiyson Copy Share Image
“This is the secret to mastering any discipline: as you conquer one, you'll find it easier to tackle another.” — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“One of the old Hermetic Masters wrote, long ages ago: "He who grasps the truth of the Mental Nature of the Universe is well… — Three Initiates Copy Share Image
One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Even without comparing ourselves to the world's greatest, we set such high standards for ourselves that neither we nor anyone else could ever meet… — George Leonard Copy Share Image
The price that must be paid for mastery is discipline. No one achieves lasting success without it. So from the moment you awake each day, devote yourself to the perfection of whatever you pursue. Do this and you will achieve self-mastery. Achieve self-mastery and you will have the makings of a great leader... Discipline is all about cultivating powerful habits… — Robin Crow Copy Share
“We permit a new future to enter the room with these startling encounters. A young boy from Austin, Texas, Charles Black Jr., stood and… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
Success is a label that the world confers on you, but mastery is an ever-onward 'almost.' — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
“Sociobiologist Edward O. Wilson later said that there should be a “consilience” between art and science. 79 Former NASA astronaut Mae Jemison took selected… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
Shoes are money well spent and a good metaphor for life: everything else in life may be awful but a shoe will cheer me… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
Mastery is in constantly wanting to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be. — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
A near win shifts our view of the landscape. It can turn future goals, which we tend to envision at a distance, into more… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
“In one of our conversations, she told me about Finland’s development of sisu, a rough cognate for grit. Etymologically, sisu denotes a person’s viscera,… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
“A rise often falls into the blind spot of vision, and so we tell the stories that I have in this book because we… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
“There is no word to describe exactly what the High Line is to the non-architects among us, nor the collective reframing process required to… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
Pain is not a punishment. And pleasure is not a reward. You could argue that failure is not punishment and Success is not reward.… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
“How many movements began when an aesthetic encounter indelibly changed our past perceptions of the world? It was an abolitionist’s print, not logical argument,… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile.… — Alan Kulwicki Copy Share Image
“But young men have not only this frivolous ambition of being thought masters of execution, inciting them on the one hand, but also their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many humanists have argued that happiness involves a combination of hedonism and creative moral development; that an exuberant life fuses excellence and enjoyment, meaning… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“In your goals to go the extra mile, prepare to pay an extra cost. Excellence is to be exceptional, surpassing, more competent and a… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
We want to promote the great quality of athletics - and maintain it's integrity - all over the world. — Alberto Juantorena Copy Share Image
“Anytime I see a rainbow, what comes into my mind is how skillful and talented someone was to create an ark that didn't leak… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf. — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image