Quotes About Mastery

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

the matter is as it is in all other cases: if it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledge and practice ...

For mankind censure injustice, fearing that they may be the victims of it and not because they shrink from committing it. And thus, as I have shown, Socrates, injustice, when on a sufficient scale, has more strength and freedom and mastery than justice; and, as I said at first, justice is the interest of the stronger, whereas injustice is a man's own profit and interest. Thrasymachus

Nothing could be more important than that the work of a soldier is well done. No tools will make a man a skilled workmen, or master of defense, or be of any use to him who has not learned how to handle them and has never bestowed any attention on them.

Menaklukan diri sendiri adalah kemenangan yang paling akbar.

Por consiguiente, el que mejor sepa combinar gim­nástica y música y aplicarlas a su alma con arreglo a la más justa proporción, ése será el hombre a quien poda­mos considerar como el más perfecto y armonioso músico con mucha más razón que a quien no hace otra cosa que armonizar entre sí las cuerdas de un instru­mento.

que es dueño de sí mismo es también esclavo, y el que es esclavo, dueño; ya que en todos estos dichos se habla de una misma persona.

Knowledge, do you say it is power? yes most mighty of all powers.

Mais on ne saurait mieux le faire qu'avec une

Am I not ninja enough? Are you saying that I lack ninja?

Jack of all trades, master of none...He'd always thought knowing many things gave him strength. Now it made him feel vulnerable.

God has planted in us endless hungers. Yet we master them in order to live.

It seems reckless, even perverse, to spend so much time and effort nurturing such a deadly thing...Ernie and Pooka seek to understand death and to master their fear of it by domesticating it in the form of the brugmansia.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear. – Mark Twain

Only by living in reality 100 percent of the time do we have the power to take action, make lasting changes, and become the masters of our lives.

the best instructional programs help students master a subject by encouraging attentiveness, demanding hard work, and reinforcing learned skills through repetition.

You must continue to gain expertise, but avoid thinking like an expert.

Craftsmanship, his Uncle Cornelius had once told him, was just a fancy word for what happened when labor met love.

And I have wondered often, was I master in my soul, or did I become the slave of my own blade?

The sacrifice," she said, suddenly impatient. "It gives ye a greater range. And at least a bit of control, so ye have some notion how far ye're going. How did ye get to and fro three times, without blood?

Wondered often, if I could call that edge to my service, and sheathe it safe again. For I have seen a great many men grow hard in that calling, and their steel decay to dull iron. And I have wondered often, was I master in my soul, or did I become the slave of my own blade?

I have wondered," he said, so low I could scarcely hear him. "Wondered often, if I could call that edge to my service, and sheathe it safe again. For I have seen a great many men grow hard in that calling, and their steel decay to dull iron. And I have wondered often, was I master in my soul, or did I become the slave of my own blade?

I don't know how anybody gets better at anything aside from doing it.

I've been working on all my aspects of my game.