"Mastery requires endurance. Mastery, a word we donâ€™t use often, is not the equivalent of what we might consider its cognateâ€”perfectionismâ€”an inhuman aim motivated by a concern with how others view us. Mastery is also not the same as successâ€”an event-based victory based on a peak point, a punctuated moment in time. Mastery is not merely a commitment to a goal, but to a curved-line, constant pursuit."

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Source : Sarah Lewis (2014). “The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

Sarah Lewis

#Commitment Quotes #Views Quotes #Goal Quotes

“I am thinking about nothing. I am thinking about nothing. Yes, it's possible to think about nothing. It doesn't always have to be about you.”
“This is the gift of the landscape photograph, that the heart finds a place to stand.”
“We see that it is not the task of Christianity to provide easy answers to every question, but to make us progressively aware of a mystery. God is not so much the object of our knowledge as the cause of our wonder.”

Source : Kallistos Ware, Kallistos (Bishop of Diokleia) (1995). “The Orthodox Way”, p.14, St Vladimir's Seminary Press
“Every time I go to Japan and meet Capcom it is like going to see the Umbrella Corporation. You ask them things and they won't give you a straight answer about anything.”
“Preparing our city to achieve its destiny will require strong leadership.”
“And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing.”
“We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.”

Source : Donald Curtis (1961). “Your thoughts can change your life”
“Well, any good comeback needs some true believers.”

Source : John Boehner's Speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

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