Best 248 quotes in «mastery quotes» category

I pursue no objectives, no systems, no tendency; I have no program, no style, no direction. I have no time for specialized concerns, working themes, or variations that lead to mastery. I steer clear of definitions. I don’t know what I want. I am inconsistent, non-committal, passive; I like the indefinite, the boundless; I like continual uncertainty.

I take my fundamental cue from John Coltrane that says there must be a priority of integrity, honesty, decency, and mastery of craft.

It is rarely a mysterious technique that drives us to the top, but rather a profound mastery of what may well be a basic skill set.

It is impossible to feign mastery of an instrument, however skillful the impostor may be.

It’s easier to have courage and trust the process when you feel you’re making headway. Mastery is not persistence when you see a light at the end of the tunnel. True mastery is persistence when you don’t yet see the light.

I took the standpoint that the profession of technologist, a man who masters matter, is a masculine profession, if not the only masculine profession there is.

Mastery is in the reaching, not in the arriving.

It ["The Ancient Mariner"] is marvellous in its mastery over that delightfully fortuitous inconsequence that is the adamantine logic of dreamland.

Mastery is in constantly wanting to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be.

Mastery of yoga is really measured by how it influences our day-to-day living, how it enhances our relationships, how it promotes clarity and peace of mind.

Mastery in work and in life is about committing yourself to being excellent in everything you do, no matter how small and no matter if no one is watching. Do you practice excellence in your most private moments?

Mastery is the natural result of mindfulness.

Mastery of creative tension brings out the capacity for perseverance and patience. Time is an ally.

It is a pity that Elizabeth and I cannot marry each other. Our children would have gained mastery over the whole world.

Manhood is patience. Mastery is nine time patience

Mastery has been achieved when one neither makes a mistake nor hesitates in the performance.

Mastery is not a question of genetics of luck, but of following your natural inclinations and the deep desires that stirs you from within.

Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse.

Mastery is proven only in limitation, and law alone can give us freedom.

My weight is not enough and strength is not enough either, so I have to take the fight by mastery.

Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television and, in fairness to television, it's never warmed up to me.

Observation and study are necessary to achieve mastery of light and form

No man is invincible, and therefore no man can fully understand that which would make him invincible. Even with complete and thorough study there is always the possibility of being defeated and although one may be expert in a particular form, mastery is something a man never stops seeking to attain.

One of the odd things about being a writer is that you never reach a point of certainty, a point of mastery where you can say, Right. Now I understand how this is done.

Of my own spirit let me be in sole though feeble mastery.

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.

Play is your route to mastery.

Practice is the path of mastery.

Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.

The aphorism offers a momentary sense of mastery over some confusion or unhappiness.

No society has ever yet been able to handle the temptations of technology to mastery, to waste, to exuberance, to exploration and exploitation... We have to learn to cherish this earth and cherish it as something that's fragile, that's only one, it's all we have... We have to use our scientific knowledge to correct the dangers that have come from science and technology.

One place that I really feel comfortable is being a comedienne. I'm very socially inept. There's so many things that I can not do in life, and this is, like, the one thing that I have mastery over. It's my world. And anybody who's coming to the show, it's like they're coming because they know that this is my world.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

Pilates is gaining the mastery of your mind over the complete control over your body.

Self knowledge is the stepping stop to self mastery.

Sexist language, racist language, theistic language - all are typical of the policing languages of mastery, and cannot, do not, permit new knowledge or encourage the mutual exchange of ideas.

Teaching peers is one of the best ways to develop mastery.

The mind is incredible. Once you've gained mastery over it, channelling its powers positively, for your purpose you can do anything.

The Inmost is one with the Inmost; yet the form of the One is not the form of the other; intimacy exacts fitness. He therefore who liveth by air, let him not be bold to breathe water. But mastery cometh by measure: to him who with labour, courage, and caution giveth his life to understand all that doth encompass him, and to prevail against it, shall be increase. "The word of Sin is Restriction": seek therefore Righteousness, enquiring into Iniquity, and fortify thyself to overcome it.

The path of the Warrior is lifelong, and mastery is often simply staying on the path.

The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is the story of how the world became small.

The path to youth takes a lifetime.

The question before the United States is whether the magnitude of its power will eclipse the light by which it was founded, or whether it will use its power to serve greater light. Does it seek mastery to dominate or mastery to serve?

There is no morality by instinct. There is no social salvation in the end without taking thought; without mastery of logic and application of logic to human experience.

The proper timing of an attacking plan is a difficult matter which places great strain on a player's nerves. Mastery of this art is required for success in the international arena, but perfect mastery eludes even the very best chessplayers!

There's a marvelous sense of mastery that comes with writing a sentence that sounds exactly as you want it to.

There is "what is" only when there is no comparing and to live with "what is" is to be peaceful.

There is no wisdom without mastery over the mystery of our internal world, the world that opens the door to understanding others.

The time will come when human intelligence will rise to the mastery of property.

The whole creation is so tenderly balanced - this manifests the mastery of the Creator.