Quotes About Mastery

Courage isn't the absence of fear, or even the mastery of fear. It's refusing to let fear master you.

A good swordsman is not given to quarrel.

Ich wurde ein immer besserer Verbrecher und du ein immer besserer Kriminalist.

The broad effects which can be obtained by punishment in man and beast are the increase of fear, the sharpening of the sense of cunning, the mastery of the desires; so it is that punishment tames man, but does not make him "better."

The doer alone learneth.

The masters have been done away with; the morality of the common man has triumphed.

Power perceived is power achieved.

Unless you completely devote yourself to one practice, you'll never really master it.

Master your emotions.

A clever tattooist produces artistic work, creativity in living with knowledge and insight to his craft.

I don't struggle with feelings of insecurity any longer." "Good." "I'd say I'm pretty good at them.

The first step to being in control was to see yourself as capable of being in control.

Men like power, and they love controlling something powerful.

But the sky and the winds are mine. I claim them, as I now claim your life.

He found himself weeping. Not for the future or for the emperor. These were the tears of a man who saw before himself a masterpiece. True art was more than beauty; it was more than technique. It was not just imitation. It was boldness, it was contrast, it was subtlety. In this book, Gaotona found a rare work to rival that of the greatest painters, sculptors, and poets of any era. It was the greatest work of art he had ever witnessed. Gaotona

Progress is learning to control your world.

Allomancy wasn't just about fighting and killing. It was about skill and grace. It was something beautiful.

Adolin was there in a heartbeat, attacking with more skill than any other man Dalinar had known. The lad was a genius with the Blade, an artist with paint of only one shade.

We have to be able to take feedback—regardless of how it's delivered—and apply it productively. We have to do this for a simple reason: Mastery requires feedback. I don't care what we're trying to master—and whether we're trying to develop greatness or proficiency—it always requires feedback.

Mastery requires feedback.

The Asaro tribe of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea has a beautiful saying: "Knowledge is only a rumor until it lives in the muscle.

The third thing I repeat to myself, even if the person who is offering feedback is skilled and it's a productive conversation, but I'm still reeling because it's hard to hear, is "This is the path to mastery, this is the path to mastery," or "These people care about this as much as I do.

Knowledge is only a rumor until it lives in the muscle." What we understand and learn about rising strong is only rumor until we live it and integrate it through

But developing fundamental skills through disciplined practice is what gives players the grounded confidence to dare greatly.