"Mastery Hurts" and 9 Other Quotes To Get You Moving

"Better to have written a lousy ballet than to have composed no ballet at all." — Steven Pressfield, "Do the Work!"

"Willingness to change, after all, comes only after pain." — Anne Lamott, "Small Victories"

"As wonderful as flow is, the path to mastery — becoming ever better at something you care about — is not lined with daisies and spanned by a rainbow. If it were, more of us would make the trip. Mastery hurts." — Daniel H. Pink, "Drive"

"Your inner and outer worlds must mesh, or you have discomfort." — Deepak Chopra

"Only focus on things over which you have control." — Jim Taylor and Terri Schneider, "The Triathlete's Guide to Mental Training"

"The universe is like a pension plan. It will match your investment." — Camryn Manheim

"What if we could all learn to think, act and communicate like those who inspire? I imagine a world in which the ability to inspire is practiced not just by a chosen few, but by the majority." —  Simon Sinek, "Start With Why"

"Forget it, brother. Stay in the light." — Toni Morrison, "Home"

"Mentally (at least three or four times a day) thumb your nose at all know-it-alls, jeerers, critics, doubters." — Brenda Ueland, "If You Want to Write"

"Death twitches my ear. 'Live,' he says, "I am coming.'" — Virgil, "Copa"