Quotes About Mastery

efficiency never has to go begging for advancement; the man that masters his trade goes to the front.

There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you.

The only process you've mastered is the process of elimination, and the only reason you've mastered that is because you can do it in the toilet.

A real god doesn't care about control. A real god already has control of everything that needs controlling. Real gods would want to teach you how to be just like them.

He had lots of deaths, but that was OK, games were like that, you died a lot until you got the hang of it

The power to kill is the only power that matters. -Enders game.

All he had to do was watch the game and understand how things worked, and then he could use the system, and even excel.

That's how they think of me, too. Teacher. Legendary soldier. Not one of them. Not someone that you embrace and whisper Salaam in his ear. That only lasted while Ender still seemed a victim. Still seemed vulnerable. Now he was the master soldier, and he was completely, utterly alone.

If you can't do it twice, you can't do it at all.

Sólo hay una cosa que hará que dejen de odiarte. Y esa cosa es ser tan bueno en todo lo que hagas que no puedan ignorarte. Les he dicho que eres el mejor. ¡Mejor que lo seas!

A real god doesn't care about control. A real god already has control of everything that needs controlling. Real gods want to teach you how to be just like them.

There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you

You killed more people than anybody in history.' 'Be the best at whatever you do, that's what my mother always told me.

Masters never are content with mere respect from their servants.

It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

I am afraid that woman appreciate cruelty, downright cruelty, more than anything else. They have wonderfully primitive instincts. We have emancipated them, but they remain slaves looking for their masters, all the same. They love being dominated.

What is done is done. What is past is past. You call yesterday the past? What has the actual lapse of time got to do with it? It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

If a craftsman wants to do good work, he must first sharpen his tools.

Is it not indeed a pleasure to acquire knowledge and constantly to exercise oneself therein?

LEARN AS THOUGH YOU WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO MASTER IT

Power. Like wine when you have it. Like poison when you lose it.

Er war schon lange der Beste.

you want to be in charge of your machines, you have to learn to write code.