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title: "6 Greatest Skill Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [My greatest skill has been to want but little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/my-greatest-skill-has-been-to-want-but-little/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Forgiveness - this needs to be our greatest skill. The way to get good at forgiveness is: to be thankful for all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robbins/forgiveness-this-needs-to-be-our-greatest-skill-the-way-to-get-good/)

[Tony Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robbins/)

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> [“Knowing and mastering the ability to stop yourself when you least want to, and letting silence speak instead of you, is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandar-sasha-trajkovski/knowing-and-mastering-the-ability-to-stop-yourself-when-you-least/)

[Aleksandar Sasha Trajkovski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandar-sasha-trajkovski/)

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> [“for my greatest skill has been to want but little.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/for-my-greatest-skill-has-been-to-want-but-little/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [The greatest skill that I have is what the viewer has: I listen. I try to listen silently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harris-faulkner/the-greatest-skill-that-i-have-is-what-the-viewer-has-i-listen-i-try/)

[Harris Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harris-faulkner/)

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> [“The greatest skill that an author could possess, she thought, was the ability to make a reader see a book as his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rakesh-satyal/the-greatest-skill-that-an-author-could-possess-she-thought-was-the/)

[Rakesh Satyal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rakesh-satyal/)

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