His Skill Quotes
25 quotes by 23 authors
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God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity still in the cloud, the oil still in the…
— George MacDonald
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In old age our bodies are worn-out instruments, on which the soul tries in vain to play the melodies of youth. But because the instrument…
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Too often in the past, we have thought of the artist as an idler and dilettante and of the lover of arts as somehow sissy…
— John F. Kennedy
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Between the amateur and the professional . . . there is a difference not only in degree but in kind. The skillful man is, within…
— Bernard DeVoto
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My other brother, the Lord Lucas, who was heir to my father's estate, and as it were the father to take care of us all,…
— Margaret Cavendish
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We look at a painting to know the painter; it's his company we are after, not his skill.
— James Whistler
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If America is the land of opportunity, a country where perseverance and hard work is rewarded by recognition, then an illegal harbors the opposite ambitions.…
— Bella Pollen
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In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'd…
— Oliver Goldsmith
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Each typeface is a piece of history, like a chip in a mosaic that depicts the development of human communication. Each typeface is also a…
— Will Burtin
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The reverence that the object maker has for the materials, for the shape, and for the miracle of his skill transcends to God, the Master…
— Sam Maloof
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The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his…
— Bertrand Russell
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God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity in the cloud, the oil in the earth. He…
— Thomas S. Monson
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When an archer is shooting for nothing, he has all his skill. If he shoots for a brass buckle, he is already nervous. If he…
— Zhuangzi
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The power of a man increases steadily by continuance in one direction. He becomes acquainted with the resistances and with his own tools; increases his…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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She sent him a warm and gentle wind, and Lord Odysseus was happy as he set his sails to catch the breeze. He sat beside…
— Homer
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The devil tempts us not--'tis we tempt him, Reckoning his skill with opportunity.
— George Eliot
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The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he…
— Henry Ford
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Trials are medicines which our gracious and wise Physician prescribes because we need them; and he proportions the frequency and weight of them to what…
— Isaac Newton
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Halt regarded him. He loved Horace like a younger brother. Even like a second son, after Will. He admired his skill with a sword and…
— John Flanagan
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Christians belive in a sovereign God who never says "Oops". We believe that all our days ... are divine strokes on the canvas of our…
— John Piper
Who Wrote These His Skill Quotes
23 authors contributed a total of 25 His Skill Quotes as follows: