Quotes About Mastery

You are the sculptor of your success. Chisel yourself into excellence.

By the time others begin to make moves, you should be mastering maneuvers

Learning is crucial if you want to remain special and material

Weakness of skills can be overcome with strength of will.

Success in whatever format it prevails is founded on how deeply we master the inner workings of our minds.

Don't try to be original, just try to be good.

If fear is cultivated it will become stronger. If faith is cultivated it will achieve the mastery ... faith is the stronger emotion because it is positive whereas fear is negative.

Students from the same teacher will differ in their skills

Teachers must be encouraged - I almost said 'freed', to pursue an education that strives for depth of understanding.

One pretends to do something, or copy someone or some teacher, until it can be done confidently and easily in what becomes one's own style

Far from wishing to awaken the artist in the pupil prematurely, the teacher considers it his first task to make him a skilled artisan with sovereign control of his craft.

When God means you to be a healer he sends you patients; when he makes you a teacher he sends you pupils; when he destines you to be a Master he sends you stories.

The ideal teacher student relationship exists when the student is better than the teacher.

The expert at anything was once a beginner.

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity.

The more advanced the teacher, the better for you. The fifth degree black belt is so expert that they will understand that you're a beginner and throw you perfectly so that no harm will befall you.

We teachers are rather good at magic, you know.

I was always my own teacher.

Now if a teacher gives you a practice, he or she would perhaps point out when you don't need it anymore or you realize yourself when you don't need it anymore.

The truly successful teacher is the one you will never need again.

Nothing can be done about it: every master has but a single pupil--and he will not stay loyal to him--for he is also destined to become a master.

There are some great teachers who have had great students, but they themselves can't play a note. I don't understand it, because the most I learned from my teacher was just hearing him play.

Teachers of science in schools and colleges must be masters of the tools for ensuring integrity in science and must instill them in their students.

Nothing is fun until you're good at it.