#mastery

You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself...the height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. ...And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#self-mastery #will-power #justice

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#cause #demands #devotes #himself #his

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. ↗

— William Langewiesche

#became #how #mastery #means #practical

An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#efforts #enable #express #her #him

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. ↗

— Walter F. Mondale

#i #mastery #me #modern #never

The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

#believed #mastery #nature #self #substitute

Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of the vocabulary and syntax to mislead their weak minds. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#english #his #mastery #minds #mislead

Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing. ↗

— Gail Sheehy

#another #closing #door #even #feeling

People who love themselves, don’t hurt other people. People who love themselves have no reason to ever judge another person on looks. There is simply no need. People who love themselves no longer look at beauty on a sliding scale or as a competition. There is nobody more beautiful or less beautiful than anyone else, including themselves. People who love themselves no longer see fat or skinny, tall or short, fair or dark skin, gay or straight, strong or weak. They only see people. Beautiful, beautiful people. ↗

— Dan Pearce

#beauty #heart #judgment #judgmental-people #love

Rulers are not anointed. They are created by the void of self-mastery. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#anointed #create #leadership #mastery #quotes