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Quotes About Mastery

The real scholar learns how to evolve the unknown from the known, and draws near the master.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Once thoroughly our own, the knowledge ceases to give us pleasure.
~ John Ruskin
One of the greatest satisfactions one can ever have, comes from the knowledge that he can do some one thing superlatively well.
~ Hortense Odlum
Make yourself a master of perspective, then acquire perfect knowledge of the proportions of men and other animals.
~ Leonardo da Vinci
I take all knowledge to be my province.
~ Sir Francis Bacon
Man is not weak - knowledge is more than equivalent to force. The master of mechanics laughs at strength.
~ Samuel Johnson
Knowledge and human power are synonymous.
~ Francis Bacon
The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self.
~ Publilius Syrus
Sooner or later, all men will do and know all things.
~ Richard Powers, Orfeo
The ability for a person to operate satisfactorily in a thing is dependent on how much he knows about that thing. Ignorance is a major cause of inability.
~ Yusuf A. Leinge
Self-reverence self-knowledge self-control - these three alone lead to sovereign power.
~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson
If you want to be the best, find out what the top people do & do it yourself.
~ Brian Tracy
To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
Great masters merit emulation, not worship.
~ Alan Cohen
How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
~ Francois Rabelais
... three main components of leadership: mastery of the subject-matter, ability convincingly to articulate the particular course of action required and a fervent belief in its correctness.
~ Ninian Stephen
We have to learn how to control our minds. We have to learn self-control.
~ Francis Chan
Stamp your performance with excellence.
~ Sherman Morris
Lead competently.Lead productively.Lead skillfully.Lead excellently.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
First you have to learn to do something, then you can go out and do it.
~ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Sometimes we woke up and feel like a Guitar Master, sometimes we woke up and feel like a complete fool. but that's the fun part of learning guitar
~ Tommy Emmanuel
To learn to draw is to draw and draw and draw.
~ Andrew Loomis
The wise man, after learning something new, is afraid to learn anything more until he has put his first lesson into practice.
~ Laozi
Every Chess master was once a beginner
~ Irving Chernev