Quotes about Mastery

I know I am getting better at golf because I'm hitting fewer spectators.

No man fully capable of his own language ever masters another.

There are two main pitfalls on the road to mastery of the art of prayer. If a person gets what he asks for, his humility is in danger. If he fails to get what he asks for, he is apt to lose confidence. Indeed, no matter whether prayer seems to be succeeding or failing, humility and confidence are two virtues which are absolutely essential.

Words are coin. Words alienate. Language is no medium for desire. Desire is rapture, not exchange. It is only by alienating the desired that language masters it. The frenzy of desire in the medium of words yields the mania of the catalogue. I struggle with the proverbs of hell.

The professional respects his craft. He does not consider himself superior to it. He recognizes the contributions of those who have gone before him. He apprentices himself to them.

Emotions were like wild horses and it required wisdom to be able to control them

The great wisdom of life is that we can be masters of the things that try to enslave us.

What is wisdom? It is the skill to achieve the perfect means by the perfect ends.

We must master our good fortune or it will master us.

Supreme art is the region of Equals. There is no primacy among masterpieces.

Resolve to be a master of change rather than being the victim of change

Upgrade your key skills: The more knowledgeable and skilled you become at your key tasks, the faster you start them and the sooner you get them done. Determine exactly what it is that you are very good at doing, or could be very good at, and throw your whole heart into doing those specific things very, very well.