Quotes About Mastery

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.

The Artist always has the masters in his eyes.

That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed, but our power to do so is increased.

Practice radical humility. He (or she)who masters the art of humility cannot be humiliated...

All great speakers were bad speakers at first.

The skill to do comes of doing.

Skill to do comes of doing.

Aquilo que insistimos em fazer torna-se fácil - não que a natureza da tarefa tenha modificado, mas nossa habilidade para realizá-la aumentou.

Do not be an unwise churl and rail at society nor so worldly wise as to condemn solitude. But use them as conditions. Be their master, not their slave. Make circumstance,—all circumstance, conform to the law of your mind. Be always a king, and not they, and nothing shall hurt you.

That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him

Think of Shakespeare and Melville and you think of thunder, lightning, wind. They all knew the joy of creating in large or small forms, on unlimited or restricted canvases. These are the children of the gods.

Remember that pianist who said that if he did not practice every day he would know, if he did not practice for two days, the critics would know, after three days, his audience would know.

The artist must work so hard, so long, that a brain develops and lives, all of itself, in his fingers.

Quantity gives experience. From experience alone can quality come.

Bir adama birkaç dize ÅŸiir ver, sonunda kendini yarat?lm??lar?n efendisi sans?n...

By the time I was forty my blunt instrument had been honed to a fine cutting point for me.

Remember that pianist who said that if he did not practice every day he would know, if he did not practice for two days, the critics would know, after three days, his audiences would know.

Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions. Only in the conduct of our action can we find the sense of mastery over the Fates.

for there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence and as inscrutable as Destiny.

A man may know so much of everything that he knows little of anything. This may sound paradoxical, but, nevertheless, experience proves its truth.

In order to speak and write the English language correctly, it is imperative that the fundamental principles of the Grammar be mastered, for no matter how much we may read of the best authors, no matter how much we may associate with and imitate the best speakers

I don't know if it is my confidence or my techniques. I think it is a little of both.

He glanced at me, then chuckled. "Sprezzatura's an Italian word. Means the art of making something difficult look easy.

We often mistakenly assume that because someone has genuine understanding in one particular area, this mastery necessarily extends to all other areas of life. That may or may not be true.