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"Enjoy what you are learning and doing. This is one of the hardest concepts in the entire world to understand. Harder yet to put into practice."
Carew Papritz
"Enjoy what you are learning and doing. This is one of the hardest concepts in the entire world to understand. Harder yet to put into practice."
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"Practice makes better and prayer makes perfect. The more we do, the easier it gets, and all the while praying perfects us in the art."
TemitOpe Ibrahim
"Practice makes better and prayer makes perfect. The more we do, the easier it gets, and all the while praying perfects us in the art."
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"Every one of us must learn how to make our time productive."
Sunday Adelaja
"Every one of us must learn how to make our time productive."
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"And I have wondered often, was I master in my soul, or did I become the slave of my own blade?"
Diana Gabaldon
"And I have wondered often, was I master in my soul, or did I become the slave of my own blade?"
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"You are not supposed to be here in this world and not leave something for which you could be called great."
Sunday Adelaja
"You are not supposed to be here in this world and not leave something for which you could be called great."
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"Do not allow your life to just fly out of your own hands. Do not allow your life to just disappear into some abstract mirage."
Sunday Adelaja
"Do not allow your life to just fly out of your own hands. Do not allow your life to just disappear into some abstract mirage."
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"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
"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."
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"Master Teachers who genuinely embody an enlightened state of being never stop "doing the work. The ego is what assumes it knows enough, causing cessation of these daily practices, and therefore, Masters without attachment to ego are forever students of the Universe. The Masters attain an illuminated state of "Being as the outcome, yet it is the consistent "doing that promotes and maintains their enlightenment."
Alaric Hutchinson
"Master Teachers who genuinely embody an enlightened state of being never stop "doing the work. The ego is what assumes it knows enough, causing cessation of these daily practices, and therefore, Masters without attachment to ego are forever students of the Universe. The Masters attain an illuminated state of "Being as the outcome, yet it is the consistent "doing that promotes and maintains their enlightenment."
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"There is no ending to the number of products you can produce with your time if well invested."
Sunday Adelaja
"There is no ending to the number of products you can produce with your time if well invested."
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"The best way to convert your time into products is through the power of isolation."
Sunday Adelaja
"The best way to convert your time into products is through the power of isolation."
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"Whatever liberates our spirit without giving us mastery over ourselves is destructive."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Whatever liberates our spirit without giving us mastery over ourselves is destructive."
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"To possess time is to possess life, don't trivialize time."
Sunday Adelaja
"To possess time is to possess life, don't trivialize time."
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"Though you can love what you do not master, you cannot master what you do not love."
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Though you can love what you do not master, you cannot master what you do not love."
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"Do not watch your life melt away just like that for life is too precious to waste it doing nothing."
Sunday Adelaja
"Do not watch your life melt away just like that for life is too precious to waste it doing nothing."
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"The secret of all greatness is to discover what you were born to do in life and then do it."
Sunday Adelaja
"The secret of all greatness is to discover what you were born to do in life and then do it."
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"To see time and life correctly, you must realize that whenever you waste a second, you are wasting life."
Sunday Adelaja
"To see time and life correctly, you must realize that whenever you waste a second, you are wasting life."
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"For you not to waste or spend your life, you must first understand that time is life and life is time."
Sunday Adelaja
"For you not to waste or spend your life, you must first understand that time is life and life is time."
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"The difference between one person who is living in poverty and another person living in wealth is their understanding of what to do with time."
Sunday Adelaja
"The difference between one person who is living in poverty and another person living in wealth is their understanding of what to do with time."
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"The secret of all greatness is knowing what to do with time."
Sunday Adelaja
"The secret of all greatness is knowing what to do with time."
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"Mastery lies on an infinite continuum, and as a result we will never reach the end. We can, however, see to it that we are as far along that continuum as our circumstance allows."
Chris Matakas
"Mastery lies on an infinite continuum, and as a result we will never reach the end. We can, however, see to it that we are as far along that continuum as our circumstance allows."
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"Self-improvement is possible only through time conversion in solitude."
Sunday Adelaja
"Self-improvement is possible only through time conversion in solitude."
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"If you take any activity, any art, any discipline, any skill, take it andpush it as far as it will go, push it beyond where it has ever been before,push it to the wildest edge of edges, then you force it into the realm ofmagic."
Tom Robbins
"If you take any activity, any art, any discipline, any skill, take it andpush it as far as it will go, push it beyond where it has ever been before,push it to the wildest edge of edges, then you force it into the realm ofmagic."
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"When the Higher Man does something worthy of admiration, it is an evidence of his Mastership, not the object of it."
Idries Shah
"When the Higher Man does something worthy of admiration, it is an evidence of his Mastership, not the object of it."
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"A true master will not deceive an able disciple. You are hampered by the limits you set and no limit can be set on skill."
Wayne Gerard Trotman
"A true master will not deceive an able disciple. You are hampered by the limits you set and no limit can be set on skill."
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"Smartass Student : 'a man must have his own master.'Master of Stupidity: 'yea, everyone's somebody's bitch."
Toba Beta
"Smartass Student : 'a man must have his own master.'Master of Stupidity: 'yea, everyone's somebody's bitch."
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"I would more appropriately define mastery as the technical ability possible within the constraints of your particular existence. It must be noted that this is a subjective definition, and that this degree of mastery would be individual to each of us."
Chris Matakas
"I would more appropriately define mastery as the technical ability possible within the constraints of your particular existence. It must be noted that this is a subjective definition, and that this degree of mastery would be individual to each of us."
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"Acquire several skills and find at least one that you can master, and that earns you respect."
Bryant McGill
"Acquire several skills and find at least one that you can master, and that earns you respect."
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"Jiu Jitsu gives each of us something that no other sport can. We have the opportunity to become truly great regardless of what circumstance fate has handed us. We have complete freedom and responsibility to achieve whatever level of mastery we wish."
Chris Matakas
"Jiu Jitsu gives each of us something that no other sport can. We have the opportunity to become truly great regardless of what circumstance fate has handed us. We have complete freedom and responsibility to achieve whatever level of mastery we wish."
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"Invest maximum amount of time into refining your gift and become best at what you were called to do and you will be surprised how easily and quickly you will rise to the top."
Sunday Adelaja
"Invest maximum amount of time into refining your gift and become best at what you were called to do and you will be surprised how easily and quickly you will rise to the top."
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"If you can know how to convert your time by investing it, then you can buy greatness with it."
Sunday Adelaja
"If you can know how to convert your time by investing it, then you can buy greatness with it."
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"Our world is structured in such a way for you not to even know and for you not to even be told and for you not to even think about it that your life is disappearing gradually and that you are left only with very little life and time."
Sunday Adelaja
"Our world is structured in such a way for you not to even know and for you not to even be told and for you not to even think about it that your life is disappearing gradually and that you are left only with very little life and time."
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"If a person does not rule over money, then money will rule over him."
Sunday Adelaja
"If a person does not rule over money, then money will rule over him."
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"If you devote three to six hours of your time every day to practicing anything repeatedly, in the next five years, you will become one of the best in the world."
Sunday Adelaja
"If you devote three to six hours of your time every day to practicing anything repeatedly, in the next five years, you will become one of the best in the world."
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"To allow your life varnish into vanity without reproducing it would mean to live a wasted life."
Sunday Adelaja
"To allow your life varnish into vanity without reproducing it would mean to live a wasted life."
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"It is a pity that dead men are still impacting the world while men who are still alive are wasting away, roaming the world without an understanding of what to do with their time."
Sunday Adelaja
"It is a pity that dead men are still impacting the world while men who are still alive are wasting away, roaming the world without an understanding of what to do with their time."
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"Invest your evaporating life and reap greatness."
Sunday Adelaja
"Invest your evaporating life and reap greatness."
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"If you really one to become great, you must practice the rule of ten thousand hours."
Sunday Adelaja
"If you really one to become great, you must practice the rule of ten thousand hours."
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"If you ever desire to gain the mastery over any skill and talent, then, you must convert as much time as Sebastian Bach converted."
Sunday Adelaja
"If you ever desire to gain the mastery over any skill and talent, then, you must convert as much time as Sebastian Bach converted."
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"Make doing your best a habit, and you'll never know not doing your best."
Carew Papritz
"Make doing your best a habit, and you'll never know not doing your best."
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"Measure your life by how much of your time you have converted."
Sunday Adelaja
"Measure your life by how much of your time you have converted."
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"For you not to waste or spend your life, you must first begin to see time and life correctly."
Sunday Adelaja
"For you not to waste or spend your life, you must first begin to see time and life correctly."
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"The products your life must have could be in the form of perfecting your gifts and talents."
Sunday Adelaja
"The products your life must have could be in the form of perfecting your gifts and talents."
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"If you try to do a task at your odd hours, you will waste so much time only to find out that you did a poor job after all."
Sunday Adelaja
"If you try to do a task at your odd hours, you will waste so much time only to find out that you did a poor job after all."
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"You can become anything that you want to be but the goal is for you to become your best self."
Sunday Adelaja
"You can become anything that you want to be but the goal is for you to become your best self."
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"It is in building the best of our abilities that we ultimately destroy the worst of our liabilities."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"It is in building the best of our abilities that we ultimately destroy the worst of our liabilities."
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"Whatever it is you have been called to do, if you will invest time into perfecting it, you will soon be reckoned among the great in your society."
Sunday Adelaja
"Whatever it is you have been called to do, if you will invest time into perfecting it, you will soon be reckoned among the great in your society."
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"The grace,faith,love and power of God will uplift you to greater heights."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"The grace,faith,love and power of God will uplift you to greater heights."
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"I can think of no more worthwhile aim than pursuing mastery in this craft while transcending one's own limitations."
Chris Matakas
"I can think of no more worthwhile aim than pursuing mastery in this craft while transcending one's own limitations."
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"The hardest thing to do in the world is overcome the mind but it just so happens that it's also the most rewarding."
Matthew Donnelly
"The hardest thing to do in the world is overcome the mind but it just so happens that it's also the most rewarding."
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"When you invest your time, you are pouring your life into others."
Sunday Adelaja
"When you invest your time, you are pouring your life into others."
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