Quotes about Mastery

When I am void of power, I am void of self-control.

The warrior learns to master the art of holding fast to dreams while accepting the rigors of becoming the kind of man who can be entrusted with those dreams;

Happiness is the full use of one's talents along lines of excellence.

I still say the only education worth anything is self-education.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

I can do small things in a great way.

A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.

It also reminds me of an organizing principle: Anybody who is experiencing something is more expert in it than the experts.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave; it is merely a loose misapplication of the word.

Self-control is strength; Right Thought is mastery; Calmness is power. Say unto your heart, Peace, be still!

Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armoury of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself; he also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace. By the right choice and true application of thought, man ascends to the Divine Perfection; by the abuse and wrong application of thought, he descends below the level of the beast. Between these two extremes are all the grades of character, and man is their maker and master.