Skill Quotes - Page 3

If God wanted the woods to be quiet, He would not have given birds songs to sing.

You don't have to boast for work that speaks for itself.

As a bird with beautiful feathers is the target of hunters, so the gifted are targets of the envious.

Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseWhere the most careful scrutiny is neededTo tell a voice that's genuinely goodFrom one that's base but merely has succeeded.

We don't value craftsmanship anymore! All we value is ruthless efficiency, and I say we deny our own humanity that way! Without appreciation for grace and beauty, there's no pleasure in creating things and no pleasure in having them! Our lives are made drearier, rather than richer! How can a person take pride in his work when skill and care are considered luxuries! We're not machines! We have a human need for craftsmanship!

Maybe it was being orphaned and alone all my life, but I always steeled for the worst outcome I could envision. That way I could shrug and be almost happy with anything that fell short of the worst. It was a peculiar life skill and one I had gotten damn good at.

The ability to make wise choices is the most valuable skill a person can develop.

He has not shown the special interest in reading that we should like to see but he likes shop work. George H. W. Bush's parents on his Andover application

Excellence in obscurity is better than mediocrity in the spotlight.

The Excellence Manifesto #1I pledge myself to patience.I pledge myself to boldness.I pledge myself to kindness.I pledge myself to prudence.I pledge myself to cheerfulness.I pledge myself to genuineness.I pledge myself to goodness.I commit to skilfulness.I commit to diligence.I commit to resourcefulness.I commit to excellence.I commit to perseverance.I commit to brilliance.I commit to transcendence.

Works from the soul transcend works from the mind.

Don't assume, because you are intelligent, able, and well-motivated, that you are open to communication, that you know how to listen.

Quiet birds rob the universe of beautiful symphonies.

loneliness can fly a helicopter through a cut-out shapeof a helicopter the same size as the helicopterand that's it's only skilland it isn't good enoughbut it's still amazing.

The world won't be loyal and burden itself to those who are having one skill and talent any longer. Make yourself useful and indispensable...

Show me your talents and I'll show you your net worth.

The human mind has a tendency to observe unsystematic events and assign a pattern to the results. A habitual risk-taker reorganizes the stream of random events and retrospectively attributes the outcome of indiscriminate trials to their own gambling “strategies.” We often hear people say that they are lucky or unlucky, when in actuality they can claim no ownership in the occurrence of chaotic outcomes. A false sense of the existence of luck can cause people to discount the value of their actual effort, skill, and training.

The most complicated skill is to be simple.

Few of us would regret the years it takes to complete an education or master a crucial skill. So why complain about the perseverance needed to become a well-balanced and truly compassionate human being?

The reason is that they utter these words of theirs not by virtue of a skill, but by a divine power - otherwise, if they knew how to speak well on one topic thanks to a skill, they would know how to speak about every other topic too.

Joy is the feeling of one's powers increasing.

Mice: But reading all the good writers might discourage you.Y.C.: Then you ought to be discouraged.

It ain't bragging if you've done it. There's nothing wrong with being proud of doing something well. In fact, if you intend to do something creative for a living, it's absolutely essential.[check for wording] Proper pride says, "I'm good at this." Improper pride says, "I'm better than you.

Men always laugh whenever a woman says she has political skill. But it's not such a difficult thing to master.

Innovation is more attitude than skill.

Listening is a tough skill, but one who practice it becomes The Successful Leader!!!

Just as writing can become calligraphy when it’s creatively, skillfully, and consciously performed, so can all other activities become art. In this case, we are reflecting upon life itself as an artistic statement—the art of living.

Speed will follow when the mechanism of the movements is more assured.

There is a difference between skill and talent. Master the skill to allow the talent out.

Marketing is so powerful that it can make even an extremely untalented musician a one-hundred-hits wonder.

Getting up early and feeling awake was the one skill he had never truly perfected - he got up, of course, but it never felt natural.

No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.

The skills of a leader will determine how excellent he will perform. His attitude will determine how often he will do that.

You can perhaps, in a number of circumstances, tell yourself that you can't have more than you have until you do better than you're doing, but by all means steer clear of its reverse, the creed of defeat, in saying that you can't do better than you're doing until you can have more than you have.

It is during a time of failure we bury a past and resurrect a future. Becoming righteous, discerning, and wise are our most prized possessions and across every cultures-this is the greatest feat of all human life.

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.

The ability to tell a good route from a terrible one is a valuable skill when leading an expedition. Unfortunately for us all, it was a skill I did not possess.

Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do).

Empty-page staring again tonight. It's maddening. I suppose people who don't write (like the Connollies) imagine anything that can be though can be expressed. Well, I don't know. I can't do it. It's this sort of thing that makes me belittle the whole business: what's the good of a 'talent' if you can't do it when you want to? What should we think of a woodcarver who couldn't woodcarver? or a pianist who couldn't play the piano? Bah, likewise grrr.

Excellence is the key that opens successes' door.

Consider for a moment that when you see someone as being ‘gifted’, it is out of a belief that whatever it is that they do, would be impossible for you to do. You should also consider that maybe their ‘gift’, is nothing more than an undeveloped skill in you.

...my writing is a wild mustang - more thunderous than a lightning storm -and all my skill which I call art, is devoted to simply staying on...

Think of yourself as a brand. You need to be remembered. What will they remember you for? What defines you? If you have it in you, do something that defines you. Invent something, develop a unique skill, get noticed for something — it creates a talking point.

The biological equipment of a man rigidly restricts the field in which he can serve.

No tricks, no tools, but talent makes a task truly top class.

The extent of creativity to which I admire in an individual is his ability to be richly creative while still, in a way, telling the truth. It is the fool who creates only his own lies, and the bore who simply repeats what he is told.

A good swordsman is more important than a good sword.

Human strength plus intelligence cannot unlock the door that God is hiding its key.

There is never a guarantee of survival, no matter your strength or skill or wit. There is only the day you are conceived and the day you die, and all else is a series of moments you either embrace or endure.

Creativity is not intelligence, it is the ability to do what you did not know through the use of what you know.

Don’t let the fact you haven’t done something before convince you that you can’t do it, or that it cannot be done perfectly the first time you try your hand at it.

Some days are better than others. The same can be said about people.