Quotes About Mastery

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.

A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man.

Okay, so divers have mastered a large body of occult knowledge. That explains their general resemblance to hackers, albeit physically fit hackers.

We're all nerds now. We might as well get good at it.

Bach's Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor

We are just proceeding adaptively to leverage our core competencies

I just about got this planet all sewn up." Rife delivers this line with an incredibly sardonic and contemptuous twang, the exaggerated accent of a cowboy who suspects that some Yankee pencilneck is looking down his nose at him.

A true Master does not "give up" something. A true Master simply sets it aside, as he would do with anything for which he no longer has any use

Acceptance of something places you in control of it. That which you deny you cannot control, for you have said it is not there. Therefore what you deny controls you.

The way to reduce the pain which you associate with earthly experiences and events—both yours and those of others—is to change the way you behold them. You cannot change the outer event (for that has been created by the lot of you, and you are not grown enough in your consciousness to alter individually that which has been created collectively), so you must change the inner experience. This is the road to mastery in living.

The writer who knows what he's doing isn't doing very much.

Most jobs are interesting when you are learning them,' I said.

You must be able to write. You must have a sense of form, of pattern, of design. You must have a respect for and a mastery over words.

striving to be a master of the universe

It's better to be impulsive than cautious; fortune is female and if you want to stay on top of her you have to slap and thrust. You'll see she's more likely to yield that way than to men who go about her coldly. And being a woman she likes her men young, because they're not so cagey, they're wilder and more daring when they master her.

the wise man should always follow the roads that have been trodden by the great, and imitate those who have most excelled, so that if he cannot reach their perfection, he may at least acquire something of its savour.

Whoever becomes master of a city accustomed to live in freedom and does no destroy it, may reckon on being destroyed by it. For if it should rebel, it can always screen itself under the name of liberty and its ancient laws, which no length of time, nor any benefit conferred will ever cause it to forget; and do what you will, and take what care you may, unless the inhabitants be scattered and dispersed, this name, and the old order of things, will never cease to be remembered...

Power is the pivot on which everything hinges. He who has the power is always right; the weaker is always wrong.

And the first cause of your losing it is to neglect this art; and what enables you to acquire a state is to be master of the art.

The best part is, I can speak Hindi fluently. Earlier, I would cringe at the idea of delivering even a one-line dialogue in the language, but now, I can mouth a five-page monologue without blinking. My diction has improved, which has enhanced my performance.

Big mouths can't do anything, you have to prove it in the cage.

It's no good to do a piece once and then move on because it doesn't have time to develop. I try to play seven or eight concerti in a season, and generally one or two of those are new for me.

I know every movement of my kitchen.