{"quotes":[{"text":"Begging is much more difficult than it looks. Contrary to popular belief, it’s a high art form that takes years of dedicated practice to master.","author":"Sol Luckman","tags":["art","beggar","begging","homeless","homelessness","hunger","mastery","poverty"],"id":1849,"author_id":"Sol+Luckman"},{"text":"The master tools of success are invitation, patience, time, gentleness, cooperation and surrender.","author":"Bryant McGill","tags":["cooperation","gentleness","mastery","patience","success","surrender"],"id":4539,"author_id":"Bryant+McGill"},{"text":"We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways.","author":"Clarence Day","tags":["adapt","her","mastery "],"id":6194,"author_id":"Clarence+Day"},{"text":"A distaste for the new is not always fear of the unknown, but sometimes ambition. Some people don't like the new way simply because they never got a chance to master the old way.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["ambition","artist","chance","change","chronological-snobbery","commitment","conservative","consistency","dedication","development","distaste","fear","improvement","liberal","mastery","new","new-age","old","original","perception","perfection","perseverance","persistence","perspective","progression","taste","tradition","understanding","unknown","young"],"id":6685,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"People will continue to doubt you until they witness first hand the results of what you have mastered.","author":"Paul Bamikole","tags":["mastery","witness"],"id":9329,"author_id":"Paul+Bamikole"},{"text":"Daily learning of your craft makes you master of your craft.","author":"Seema Brain Openers","tags":["mastery","mastery-of-oneself"],"id":11162,"author_id":"Seema+Brain+Openers"},{"text":"Mastering the art of seduction gives one a great power, and like any power, it's to be wielded with responsibility; a man who wields the art of seduction without a sense of responsibility and restraint is a walking proximity bomb of viral epidemics, needless procreation, heartbroken families, and shattered dreams.","author":"Mike Norton","tags":["art","bomb","heartbreak","heartbroken","mastery","power","procreation","responsibility","restraight","seduction","viral","wield"],"id":11314,"author_id":"Mike+Norton"},{"text":"Once you have mastered the craft, you can use it for whatever purpose you choose.","author":"Hassan Fathy","tags":["mastery","purpose"],"id":13102,"author_id":"Hassan+Fathy"},{"text":"We could express this power in the following way: Most of the time we live in an interior world of dreams, desires, and obsessive thoughts. But in this period of exceptional creativity, we are impelled by the need to get something done that has a practical effect. We force ourselves to step outside our inner chamber of habitual thoughts and connect to the world, to other people, to reality. Instead of flitting here and there in a state of perpetual distraction, our minds focus and penetrate to the core of something real. At these moments, it is as if our minds—turned outward—are now flooded with light from the world around us, and suddenly exposed to new details and ideas, we become more inspired and creative.","author":"Robert Greene","tags":["enlightenment","insight","mastery","power"],"id":15896,"author_id":"Robert+Greene"},{"text":"A step towards what you fear is a mile towards mastering it.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["brave","conquer","courage","faith","fear","fearless","gallant","greatness","inner-power","inner-strength","inner-world","inspirational","inspirational","inspirational-for-women","inspirational-motivation","master","mastery-of-oneself","mastery-of-skills","mastery","motivational-inspirational","motivational","motivational-of-the-day","motivational","motivational-for-women","overcomer","overcoming-adversity","overcoming-challenges","overcoming-fear","overcoming","perseverance","persistence","resilience","rise-above","rise","success","victory"],"id":17590,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":181,"pages":19,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}