Ability Quote by Stephen Nachmanovitch

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

Mastery is an elusive concept. You never know when you achieve it absolutely and it may not help you to feel you've attained it.…

— Twyla Tharp

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

— Yvon Chouinard

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of…

— Robert Greene

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

“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 a journey, and that the master must have the courage to risk failure.

— George Leonard

Mastery, on the other hand, is being present with what is occurring, staying with it from beginning to end.

— 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

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

— Leonardo da Vinci

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

— Peter C. Brown

Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality…

— Peter Senge