Quotes About Mastery

come back when you know what you're doing.

L'ho sentito dire che nessuno dovrebbe presumere di leggere l'universo se prima non ha capito e dominato la propria anima, altrimenti nulla potrà impedirgli di volgere al male tutta l'altra conoscenza".

He had to do them, to show he was the best.

You will never kiss really well, Mr Darcy,' she said, 'unless you practise more. You cannot expect to excel if you do not practise a great deal.

I've been making sushi for 38 years, and I'm still learning. You have to consider the size and color of the ingredients, how much salt and vinegar to use and how the seasons affect the fattiness of the fish.

Money: power at its most liquid.

pocas cosas están bajo nuestro control.

One of the key tenets of Stoicism is that we ought to recognize, and take seriously, the difference between what we can and cannot master.

Of all existing things some are in our power, and others are not in our power. In our power are thought, impulse, will to get and will to avoid, and, in a word, everything which is our own doing. Things not in our power include the body, property, reputation, office, and, in a word, everything which is not our own doing." Epictetus, Enchiridion,

An ambitious amateur will rise above a complacent master.

Do what you master; master what you do.

Geniuses' steps take you higher than talent's leaps.

One does not become a great swimmer by swimming in shallow waters.

Practice never makes you perfect, but it gets you closer to perfection.

Think like the great, speak like the great, act like the great, and you will become like the great.

Two thirds of success is skill.

He who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is a master.

Não buscamos imitar os mestres, procuramos o que eles procuravam.

Speakership is the ultimate personal development vehicle, and the confidence and focus that comes from being the master of your internal state is possibly its greatest reward.

Train your competitors (this makes you the master)

Would you rather be great at something you like, or just okay at something you love?

Becoming a more skillful and efficient runner is more like growing a beard than it is like chopping wood.

Achieve complete mastery of his mind by pushing back the limits of his capacity to suffer until those limits disappeared.

Better athletes don't have to exert as much mental effort to control their sport-specific movements, so their movements are freer.