Quotes About Mastery

Amateurs and little children may draw a rough picture of a horse that can be recognized to be the picture of a horse. But when the master artist draws a picture of a horse, those who see it not only recognize it as a horse, but they also exclaim, "How wonderful! It is like it is alive!" The artist paints action, reality, and life into the picture.

The order of the day is specialization!

Only as a warrior can one withstand the path of knowledge . . ..

One of the Greatest Forces in the Lives of Warriors is Fear. It Spurs them to Learn.

To truly hate is an art one learns with time.

He] taught me that a book is never finished and that, with luck, it's the book that leaves us so we don't spend the rest of Eternity rewriting it.

To paint is to write with light," Salvat would say. "First you must learn its alphabet; then its grammar. Only then will you be able to possess the style and the magic.

O talento natural é como a força de um atleta. Pode-se nascer com mais ou menos faculdades, mas ninguém consegue ser um atleta simplesmente por ter nascido alto ou forte ou rápido. O que faz um atleta, ou um artista é o trabalho , o ofício e a técnica. A inteligência com que se nasce é simplesmente a munição. Para se chegar a fazer alguma coisa com ela é necessário transformarmos a nossa mente numa arma de precisão.

Cuando yo era joven pensaba que para navegar por el mundo bastaba con aprender a hacer bien tres cosas. Una:atarse los cordones de los zapatos. Dos: desnudar a una mujer a conciencia. Y tres: leer para saborear cada día unas páginas compuestas con luz y destreza. Me parecía que un hombre que pisa firma, sabe acariciar y aprende a escuchar la música de las palabras vive más y, sobre todo, vive mejor.

To tryly hate is ab art one learns with time

Escribir es un oficio que se aprende, pero que nadie puede enseñar. El día que entienda usted lo que eso significa será quando empiece a aprender a ser escritor.

Todo en la vida lo ha hecho alguien antes, al menos lo que vale la pena hacer. El truco está en tratar de hacerlo un poco mejor.

Escribir es un oficio que se aprende, pero que nadie puede enseñar. El día que entienda usted lo que eso significa será cuando empiece a aprender a ser escritor.

Nada que valga la pena en esta vida es fácil, Daniel. Cuando yo era joven pensaba que para navegar por el mundo bastaba con aprender a hacer bien tres cosas. Una: atarse los cordones de los zapatos. Dos: desnudar a una mujer a conciencia. Y tres: leer para saborear cada día unas páginas compuestas de luz y destreza.

To return from the dead is a bit like riding a bike, or unfastening a girl's bra with a single hand. It's all a question of getting the knack.

Desaparecer en la mirada del contrario era un arte cuyo aprendizaje podía llevar toda una vida.

Routine is liberating, it makes you feel in control.

The universal human journey is one of becoming conscious of our power and how to use that power.

Accept who you are and be good at what you do.

I am grateful, and would thank the Gods(if there were any to thank) that I have finally mastered this art of forgetting--of murdering the memory.

It's not the magic that has to be strong enough, but the person who's wielding it.

we can hear Yoda, Sinube, and Braylon performing a ceremonial demonstration in perfect unison, their lightsabers buzzing and swooping. Think of it as Tai Chi for Jedi.

Power. It's all about that, don't you forget. People want money or power.

Only one who has mastered a tradition has a right to attempt to add to it or rebel against it.