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Mastery Quotes
"When you combine something to say with the skill to say it properly, then you've got a good writer."
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"When one does something, one must do it wholly and well. Those bastard existences where you sell suet all day and write poetry at night are made for mediocre minds " like those horses that are equally good for saddle and carriage, the worst kind, that can neither jump a ditch nor pull a plow."
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"In mastering one thing, you have mastered all things because you have learned how to learn."
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"I believe we must pursue mastery for who we become along the way in its achievement. When we progress in Jiu Jitsu, that newfound experience and wisdom transcends into all areas of our lives. We use Jiu Jitsu as the vehicle for growth, but that growth radiates over all of human activity. Someone who devotes time and energy in learning this skill is learning far more than how to subdue an opponent. The student learns persistence, perseverance, pattern recognition, problem solving, and most importantly, learning how to learn. In the arena of life, these virtues are far more valuable than any guard pass."
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"The highest aim was never to master Jiu Jitsu, it was to master myself."
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"After deciding the territory you want to rule over, the next thing you must do is to invest your time into developing yourself and becoming the best in that territory."
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"He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior."
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"Mastery is not dispensed on the podium of quitters, but purchased on the counter of consistent application of self-willing can do spirit and an outstanding endurance to persevere with persistent endurance till the end!"
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"I use my understanding of jiu jitsu as a road map to learn other activities. I look for the similarities between the two, and use jiu jitsu as an allegory for whatever my new practice may be. I truly believe once you have learned one thing, you have learned all things because you have learned how to learn."
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"The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence."
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"Discipline friends is the master of excellence."
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"You need not have any motivation but the motivation to overpower your mind."
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"It is not your enemies that you need to conquer on the journey to greatness, but yourself."
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"Mastery of anything is, more than anything else, the transformation of work into play. Giving orders and answers, never making mistakes, and having around you others with the opinion that you are great has nothing at all to do with it. Read carefully: to yearn for, to be compelled by, is being called to play."
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"It takes persistent practice to be skilful in the act."
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"Love is a practice of self-mastery."
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"The secret for mastery is concentration, the success of concentration is in elimination. Avoid everything in general and focus one thing in particular. You will be a master!"
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"Imagine a true master of the art, someone with complete skill in every aspect of Jiu Jitsu. This master would not force anything. He would simply allow the roll to take whatever form it does, and in every position would act in the most efficient way based off what the circumstance dictates, and not what he himself prefers."
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"A diamond is pressure's masterpiece."
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"Excellence does not come from believing in excellence, but from constant change, challenge, and improvement."
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