It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it.
You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By becoming a little better each and every day, over a period of time, you will become a lot better.
We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make sacrifices that come along with making that decision.
Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.
If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets as Raphael painted pictures, sweep streets as Michelangelo carved marble, sweep streets as Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry.
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word – excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
Every master was once a disaster.
Clarity breeds mastery. And the goals you set drive the actions you’ll take.
Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.
When you have attained the way of strategy there will be nothing that you cannot understand. You will see the way in everything.
Practice makes the master.
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.
Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.
True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.
Mastery is not a question of genetics or luck, but of following your natural inclinations and the deep desires that stir you from within.
The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.
When it comes to mastering a skill, time is the magic ingredient.
First master the fundamentals.
Once you have found out what you love to do, there is only one goal: to be the best in the world at it.
You practice and you get better. It’s very simple.