Skills Quotes

Emotional makeup is more important than technical skill

Without patience and the skill of a craftsman, even the greatest talent is wasted.

It is better to excel in any single art than to arrive only at mediocrity in several, so moderate skill in several is to be preferred where one cannot attain to perfection in any.

The interaction of knowledge and skills with experience is key to learning.

You're born with certain gifts and you use them as best you can in life. You begin to learn and recognize that you have certain skills and aptitudes that you apply and use them to carry you forward.

It is a misconception to think that during evolution humans sacrificed physical skill in exchange for intelligence: wielding one's body is a mental activity.

Broadly speaking, we are in the middle of a race between human skill as a means and human folly as an end.

Truth had me up against the ropes And semi-conscious without no boxing skills.

My whole life is about forgetting. It's my most valuable job skill.

It's a skill that I worked all my life, and it's been taken away. That's kind of tough to take.

Any fool could be a witch with a runic knife, but it took skill to be one with an apple corer.

Bollywood stars are versatile; they not only act, but each one has the dance skills of John Travolta in 'Saturday Night Fever.'

Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.

If you're lucky enough to draw a good horse, you still have to ride him, then the next ones. So It's probably 80 percent luck and 20 percent skill.

It's fun making new skills for new characters.

The real skill is to raise the sails and to catch the power of the wind as it passes by.

Getting or giving anything is about social skills. The world is about being comfortable where you are and making people comfortable, and that's what social skills are

If my artist life didn't work or if I needed to work in some capacity part-time in something, I knew I'd have a real life skill [become a therapist].

For students, the evolution-creation discussion can be a useful exercise, for it can help develop their critical thinking skills.

Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success.

I was aware that on my skill as a painter would depend the physical and moral possession of the model.

If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage

The histories of the lives and fortunes of men are full of instances of this nature,--where favorable times and lucky accidents have done for them, what wisdom or skill could not.

If I were born in other generation, I would be a singer rapper, dancing is also...I was famous as a good dancer. My dancing skill was just hided by other members better skill.

Nobody ever mastered any skill except through intensive persistent and intelligent practice.

Here at work we're all just trying to get a job done. My people have the confidence of their convictions and they know their skills. And that occupies most of my time.

If you've been told all your life that you're good-looking, people just flock around you and you never really have to try or have to learn an interesting craft, skill or hobby - or even have depth.

We do not need Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Education; we need a single Department of Skills that will promote an integrated approach to global competitiveness.

Fathers have skills that they never use at home. You run a landscaping business and you can't dress and feed a four-year-old? Take it on!

Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.

The better you get at your key skills, the more you accomplish in a shorter period of time.

What one skill, if you developed it, could have the greatest positive impact on your career? This is the key to your future.

....those who become princes through their skill acquire the pricipality with difficulty, buy they hold onto it with ease.

Skill at creating, exploiting, and exiting crucial alliances beats ownership of fixed assets

The truth won't set us free until we develop the skills and the habit and the talent and the moral courage to use it.

If you lend your skills to other systems that you don't really believe in, then you might as well never have lived. You haven't expressed yourself.

The 2 master skills of life are: The Science of Achievement and The Art of Fulfillment.

Great communication, Character, Competitive drive, Consistency, Compassion, Confidence -- skills successful leaders share.

Women can feel inspired by the story. People who haven't been traditionally given a chance to use their skills or shine are given a chance, and they prevail.

You may wonder which came first: the skill or the hard work. But that's a moot point. The Zen master cleans his own studio. So should you.

The most fundamental attack on freedom is the attack on critical thinking skills.

Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.

Public education rests precariously on the skill and virtue of the people at the bottom of the institutional pyramid.

Every person - with his or her own skills, abilities and uniqueness - can contribute to others and bring great joy to those that fortune has not smiled upon.

Every job is incredibly different, and I love it because you're picking up skill sets and experiences. It's the university of life.

Marry a man / woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.

All the problems sitting there are an invitation for you to be creative, make use of your skills and resources and find a solution.

Listening is understanding. The skill of empathy is a must to be able to listen...One can listen better if one sees the whole.

There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill.

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance. [The ability to focus on positives and distract your mind from negatives for at least a time is a necessary skill for being happy.]