Proficient Quotes

48 quotes by 47 authors

A Christian school should be a place where young men and young women go through a period of spiritual formation and development so that they… — Tony Campolo
Certainly being proficient in an instrument does have its problems. Because the better you get, the more you just start sounding like an ordinary guitarist.… — Nick Cave
Fourthly, the way of the artisan. The way of the carpenter is to become proficient in the use of his tools, first to lay his… — Miyamoto Musashi
Soldiers expect the noncommissioned officer to be technically proficient, up front, and honest with them. Soldiers must know that NCOs care, that they can approach… — Glen E. Morrell
People create their own success by learning what they need to learn and then by practicing it until they become proficient at it. — Brian Tracy
Through most of its wars, the United States successfully used the attrition approach. It is easier to be proficient at this type of warfare. You… — Jim Dunnigan
True education seeks to make men and women not only good mathematicians, proficient linguists, profound scientists, or brilliant literary lights, but also honest men and… — David O. McKay
The terrorists who have succeeded in carrying out spectacular attacks against Western targets in the past have been college-educated, technically proficient men who are capable… — Peter Bergen
Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes too proficient, the game is threatened with termination. — William S. Burroughs
One of the skills I had to learn and become proficient in is kissing a man. I had never kissed a man. Will Smith did… — Dwayne Johnson
There is no such thing as a natural born pilot. Whatever my aptitudes or talents, becoming a proficient pilot was hard work, really a lifetime's… — Chuck Yeager
If we do not get No Child Left Behind right for Limited English Proficient students, the law will be a failure for most schools in… — Ruben Hinojosa
Violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people, championed by proficient artisans of terror. — Amartya Sen
The program should know if someone is at the keyboard or joystick or if it is just sitting there idle. It should know if someone… — Bill Budge
I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I… — Alan Hovhaness
I get bored at the theatre a lot because I notice that there's not always a connection between the actors. They may be technically proficient,… — Lusia Strus
As you become more proficient, fewer people can offer you advice, although in truth, that's when you need it the most because the stakes just… — Brad Alan Lewis
My parents were comfortable with me exploring areas that they were not proficient in. Some parents just aren't comfortable with that. — Mae Jemison
To become proficient in any field you must practise. There is simply no achievement without practice and the more practice, provided it is done intelligently,… — Emmet Fox
Perfection consists in a constant perseverance to acquire the virtues and become proficient in their practice, because on God's road, not to advance is to… — Vincent de Paul

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