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Quotes About Mastery

No man can claim to be free in real terms unless he is fully in control of his own destiny!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
No writer can be the 'Master of the Words' without loving them! Loving is the way for Mastering! No Love, no Master!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
Nobody is born as a teacher and only a few die as a teacher!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
The greatest masters are the greatest apprentices as well; they are not only greatest givers but also greatest takers.
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
The master of thinking is like a master of sword! He can easily win any fight with a high art and a great elegance!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
The system wants you to be either a bow or an arrow; refuse both, because there is a third choice: To be an archer!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
The more wise and powerful a master, the more directly is his work created, and the simpler it is.
~ Meister Eckhart
One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can get anything out of life without God.
~ Meister Eckhart
Everything is evil that humans can't control or conquer
~ Melina Marchetta
Fifteen minutes later I was an expert. That's all you need. I think I was even getting the upper hand, which is very simple with a guy. Anything seems to turn them on.
~ Melina Marchetta
Safe wasn't quite what appealed to her right then. Safe wasn't how she felt. Invincible, in control, powerful- those words felt closer to true.
~ Melissa Marr
Magic, like technology, is a tool.
~ Mercedes Lackey
We tend to assume that when people are experts at one thing, their expertise extends to other areas as well.
~ Unknown
It's not the instrument that makes the music beautiful - it's the musician.
~ Unknown
He has reached the apex of success, and it seems that there is no door he can't open.
~ Unknown
You are only as good as the technical proficiency of your athletes.
~ Unknown
I'm going to teach you the art of swordsmanship-or in other words, how to totally kill someone with a sharp, pointy thing.
~ Michael Buckley
In this world are many people who do not master their bodies. Such people say that no one can tell them what to do, not even God, and they think that in this way they have no master. In the end they become slaves to anything.
~ Unknown
He understood then what bear it would be his lot to wrestle with. Not blacks or grizzlies. But the one that struggled for mastery within his own being and had already been identified for him: fear.
~ Unknown
Each tool reshapes the one who is apparently the master of the tool. I ask myself this: At what point does the tool, the servant, become the real master?
~ Unknown
Whatever your discipline, become a student of excellence in all things. Take every opportunity to observe people who manifest the qualities of mastery. These models of excellence will inspire you and guide you toward the fulfillment of your highest potential.
~ Unknown
The more you can learn and the more knowledge you can retain, the more effective you'll become at what it is you choose to do.
~ Michael Harris
Over-seriousness is a warning sign for mediocrity and bureaucratic thinking. People who are seriously committed to mastery and high performance are secure enough to lighten up.
~ Michael J. Gelb
There's a quick and easy way to test whether an activity involves skill: ask whether you can lose on purpose.
~ Michael J. Mauboussin