How much more interesting life would be if only more people had the courage and skill to act themselves, instead of abjectly… — Richard Le Gallienne Copy Share Image
My skills are not of the highest caliber, but I know a thing or two, and I occasionally produce a painting that… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
A lot of people with the purest motivation end up getting completely burned out. And that's because they lack the wisdom and… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
We can and must use our combined skills at every opportunity available to address climate change. — Jeff Orlowski Copy Share Image
The truth won't set us free - until we develop the skills and the habit and the talent and the moral courage… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
I became good at defending myself, but as far as I was concerned, that was a transient skill. — Jock Sturges Copy Share Image
I've got to get my real skills up; like, I got to get my skills up, 'cause in case of a crazy… — Theophilus London Copy Share Image
If we keep practicing mental skills it is likely we can strengthen neural connections and make new connections. — Philippa Perry Copy Share Image
Go strip off your clothes that are a nuisance in this mellow clime. Get in and wrestle with the sea; wing your… — Jack London Copy Share Image
As with real reading, the ability to comprehend subtlety and complexity comes only with time and a lot of experience. If you… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
I find that the majority of the year, I don't spend acting. I spend it either writing or editing or producing, or… — Charlie Day Copy Share Image
Immediately after the September 11th attacks, I volunteered to go to Afghanistan in any capacity that the CIA wanted me. Four months… — John Kiriakou Copy Share Image
I believe my most important skill is an ability to perceive patterns in the market. I think this aptitude for pattern recognition… — Linda Bradford Raschke Copy Share Image
The martial arts are based upon understanding, hard work and a total comprehension of skills. Power training and the use of force… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
I’ve come to believe that connecting is one of the most important business—and life—skill sets you’ll ever learn. Why? Because, flat out,… — Keith Ferrazzi Copy Share Image
There are big questions about the sort of skills you need in modern government today. You put politicians in charge of billions… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
At one with the power of the American landscape, and renowned for the patient skill and timeless beauty of his work, photographer… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
The more you learn about yourself and your family tree, your self-esteem goes up. They will learn archival skills, historical analysis and… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“Dr. Watson's summary list of Sherlock Holmes's strengths and weaknesses: "1. Knowledge of Literature: Nil. 2. Knowledge of Philosophy: Nil. 3. Knowledge… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I started studying herbalism and edible plants that existed in the wild. And then I realized, "Okay, cool. I know how to… — Shailene Woodley Copy Share Image
The management of creativity is more intimate. By that I mean that it deals with an individual's personal, psychological landscape. It deals… — John Kao Copy Share Image
The life of an aviator seemed to me ideal. It involved skill. It brought adventure. It made use of the latest developments… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
The Western Idea of practice is to acquire a skill. It is very much related to your work ethic, which enjoins us… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities--that's training or instruction--but is rather a making visible… — Thomas Moore Copy Share Image
Girls enjoy complex social interaction. Their verbal skills - and their delight in using them - develop earlier than boys'. — Brenda Laurel Copy Share Image
Fluid intelligence doesn't look much like the capacity to memorise and recite facts, the skills that people have traditionally associated with brainpower. — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
“Develop your own skills and styles. In music, designing, electronics, etc., you may have a peculiar way of exposing your dreams in… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
A preacher should have the skill to teach the unlearned simply roundly, and plainly; for teaching is of more importance than exhorting. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do… — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
What power there is in our service when our actions line up with our mission, skills and joy. — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
I couldn't portray a woman in all her natural loveliness... I haven't the skill. No one has. I must, therefore, create a… — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
Communicative skills develop when there's something meaningful for children to communicate about-when they are taking an active role. — Lilian Katz Copy Share Image
I play a lot of strategy games and team and reactionary games. So it's a different sort of skill that you're practicing. — Asa Butterfield Copy Share Image
It gave her a feeling of her own power, to make something practical and beautiful just by using her own skill and… — Kate Jacobs Copy Share Image
If I didn't write, I'd be like a duvet cover; I have no other marketable skills. Clearly I'm not meant to do… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
NVC is founded on language and communication skills that strengthen our ability to remain human, even under trying conditions. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Even if you are new in sales, you can make up in numbers what you lack in skills. — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
The knowledge and skills you have achieved are meant to be forgotten so you can float comfortably in emptiness, without obstruction. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
by and large the poor have the same impulses as the rich, with only less opportunity or skill to implement them — Will Durant Copy Share Image
