Quotes About Mastery

No one has mastery, Before he is at the end, Of his art and his life.

If one's life depends on doing something right, as in the case of the tightrope walker, one will practice on a much deeper level.

No man has a right to expect to succeed in life unless he understands his business, and nobody can understand his business thoroughly unless he learns it by personal application and experience.

Why are you distressed, And why is your face fallen? 7cSurely, if you do right, There is uplift. But if you do not do right Sin couches at the door; Its urge is toward you, Yet you can be its master.

Keep developing your expertise; it sets you apart.

I'm inclined to give credence to the theories of learning that suggest we humans need about eight hundred hours to truly master a complex concept and the habits necessary for its application.

One discipline always leads to another discipline.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

When we can learn from our own problems, we begin to deal with life. When we can learn from other people's problems, we begin to master life.

For someone who is invisible, why am I the only one in this family who can't seem to master the art of disappearing?

Life is meant to form us in independence, usher us into an adulthood that begins in apprenticeship and ends in mastery, and then, those tasks accomplished, to bring us to the acme of integrity, of wisdom, of eldership in the community of the world. It is a process of ripening as we go, getting stronger, getting more caring, becoming more procreative, sharing more wisdom as we grow—so that those who come after us can walk a clearer path.

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.

Grammar is a piano I play by ear.

Technique is the basis of every pursuit. If youre a sportsman or youre a singer or a swimmer, well that comes under sport but you have to develop a basic technique to know what youre doing at any given time.

A thing named is a thing tamed.

It is one thing to understand the doctrine, and quite another to be masters of the controversy.' Lewis's ambition was of course to know the doctrine and to be master of the controversy.

It can be a fearsome weapon, patience. One that few men ever learn to use.

The artist's mind and eye, as the poet's, were subjected to rigorous training. Henceforth, the artist's hands were to create the objects projected from his mind, after its process of selection and alchemy.

Philibert prenait toujours du chocolat au petit déjeuner et son plaisir, c'était d'éteindre le gaz juste avant que le lait déborde. Plus qu'un rite ou une manie, c'était sa petite vistoire quotidienne. Son exploit, son invisible triomphe. Le lait retombait et la journée pouvait commencer : il maîtrisait la situation.

So, fuck you, fifty, I own you. You're my bitch.

If men could not control it or rule over it, a thing had no place in the world.

9 heures. Encore une journée à vivre, blanche, et tout cela est ma faute, puisque je n'ai pas eu la force de casser à temps, que j'ai accepté l'absolu « droit du maître » (il vient quand il veut, téléphone idem) et qu'il n'y a pas de bonheur, in fine, dans l'oppression.

Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by an occasional miracle

If you do a job too well, you'll get stuck with it.