Ability Quote by Zhuangzi

When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots…

— Zhuangzi

As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the wise shape their lives.

— Gautama Buddha

In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he turns round…

— Confucius

“The hand that stretches the bow must open like a child's hand opens. What sometimes hinders the precision of the shot is the archer's…

— Eugen Herrigel

Those who are skilled in archery bend their bow only when they are preparing to use it; when they do not require it, they…

— Herodotus

But you must be patient and careful; nor should you expect to become an accomplished archer without long and severe training.

— Maurice Thompson

Things are achieved when they are well begun. The perfect archer calls the deer his own While yet the shaft is whistling.

— George Eliot

“For since men for the most part follow in the footsteps and imitate the actions of others, and yet are unable to adhere exactly…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

The arrow belongs not to the archer when it has once left the bow; the word no longer belongs to the speaker when it…

— Heinrich Heine

In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt buckles he becomes hesitant,…

— Zhuangzi

The shot will go smoothly only when it takes the archer himself by surprise.

— Eugen Herrigel