Quotes About Mastery

An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the London telephone directory sound enthralling.

They call it golf because all the other four-letter words were taken.

My handicap? Woods and irons.

...no one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.

My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power.

A man who governs his passions is master of the world. We must either command them, or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil.

You have to master yourself first before you can have victory with others.

You are the master of your emotions; you can keep them under control!

Don't let others Puppet your thoughts and actions on life; because in the end of every day you are still the Puppeteer of your own life.

I am going to learn to rule my life and not let life rule me.

Power consists not in being able to strike another, but in being able to control oneself when anger arises.

We cannot all be masters

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

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.

It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.

Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you can't control what you think then, you can't control what you do.

A powerful person is not he who out-wrestles others. A powerful person is he who can control himself when angry.

A person who has mastered his ability to control his emotions can master anything.

If you want anything done well, do it yourself. This is why most people laugh at their own jokes.

The greatest teaching was imparted by individuals who not just learnt a subject, but practiced it as well.

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

He who chooses to be a master never does just enough to get by; nor does he cut corners or attempt to cheat the system. He who chooses mastery lives his life asking, 'How can I do more, give more, be more, and thereby accelerate the achievement of my ultimate destiny?'