Quotes about Mastery

We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

Practice yourself in little things and thence proceed to greater.

There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all.

Nature is not to be conquered, man is.

What is my joy if all hands, even the unclean, can reach into it? What is my wisdom, if even the fools can dictate to me? What is my freedom, if all creatures, even the botched and the impotent, are my masters? What is my life, if I am but to bow, to agree, and to obey?

I'll lead you to the river of knowledge. You can catch your own damn fish.

To focus on technique is like cramming your way through school. You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don't pay the price day in and day out, you never achieve true mastery of the subjects you study or develop an educated mind.

If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control—myself.

You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don't pay the price day in and day out, you never achieve true mastery of the subjects you study or develop an educated mind.

It comes down to finding something you love to do and then just trying to be great at it

Success comes when you do what you love to do, and commit to being the best in your field.

The Bible is not a textbook. Nor is it a manual to be studied, mastered, and mechanically applied. Instead, I believe we should listen to the Word of God and reflect upon it like poetry till it infiltrates the soul.