Quotes About Mastery

And that is why You do not trifle with the Master of the Domain.

For him, mastery of the game world is a source of joy.

Leonardo, with his profound knowledge of art, commenced various undertakings, many of which he never completed, because it appeared to him that the hand could never give due perfection to the object or purpose which he had in his thoughts, or beheld in his imagination - since in his mind he frequently formed some difficult conception, so subtle and so wonderful that no hands, however excellent or able, could ever give it expression

What I as a man want is to be able, some time in my life, to do something well?to do some piece of work finely just for the sake of doing it?to know the feel of a thing growing into a life of its own under my fingers, eh?

Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill.

First character, then ability.

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. – Vince Lombardi

Winners do not do right things, they do things right !

When the restrictions you have do not limit you, this is what we mean by practice.

V mysli za?áte?níka jsou spousty možností. V mysli odborníka je jich jen pár.

Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you're in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.

It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well

I read what I write over and over and make corrections and improvements, until I reach the conclusion that the material deserves to stand on its own

Play to your strength; then you are always strong.

He had done it as if in preparation for his work as a creative writer: he had mastered the technical aspect of writing, strengthening his verbal muscle, so that when he started to use his imagination, he knew exactly how to express himself.

it is only a very rare artist that is as good as his art.

it is only n very rare artist that is as good as his art.

I didn't know if I still had it in me to be really dangerous, but I thought so. It's like knocking someone off a bike with a baseball bat; you never really lose the knack.

You speak the language far better than

It is hard to be truly excellent, four-square in hand and foot and mind, formed without blemish.

Yesterday we failed, today we practice and tomorrow we will master.

If I cannot sing a work, I cannot conduct it.

My lute, awake! perform the lastLabor that thou and I shall waste,And end that I have now begun;For when this song is sung and past,My lute, be still, for I have done.

His was an illness that besets the intellectual: the indefatigable will to mastery. Chronic and incurable, it afflicts those who lust after a world that makes sense.