Skill Quotes

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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
Commerce is a game of skill which everyone cannot play and few can play well. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.… — John F. Kennedy
In a world that is constantly changing, there is no one subject or set of subjects that will serve you for the foreseeable future, let… — John Naisbitt
The mind is a mechanism. It has no intelligence. The mind is a bio-computer. How can it have any intelligence? It has skill, but it… — Rajneesh
Whatever men expect, they soon come to think they have a right to; the sense of disappointment can, with very little skill on our part,… — C.S. Lewis
We are unreasonably desirous to separate the goods of life from those evils which Providence has connected with them, and to catch advantages without paying… — Samuel Johnson
Success is a learnable skill. You can learn to succeed at anything. If you want to be a great golfer, you can learn how to… — T. Harv Eker
Training and managing your own mind is the most important skill you could ever own, in terms of both happiness and success. — T. Harv Eker
And as to the faculties of the mind, setting aside the arts grounded upon words, and especially that skill of proceeding upon generall, and infallible… — Thomas Hobbes
Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities-that's training or instruction-but is rather making visible what is hidden as… — Thomas W. Moore
The ability to sell is the number one skill in business. If you cannot sell, don't bother thinking about becoming a business owner. — Robert Kiyosaki
Happiness is a skill, emotional balance is a skill, compassion and altruism are skills, and like any skill they need to be developed. That's what… — Matthieu Ricard
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
To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his father's has acquired too much, in order to spare… — Thomas Jefferson
In the Western tradition, we have focused on teaching as a skill and forgotten what Socrates knew: teaching is a gift, learning is a skill. — Peter Drucker
How happy is he born and taught; that serves not another's will, whose armor is his honest thought and truth, his utmost skill. — Henry Wotton
Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom while discouragement often nips it at the bud. Creativity is now something… — Alex Faickney Osborn
I hadn't yet realised that learning to be a staff officer is something like learning to milk a cow. The novelty soon wears off, and… — Aubrey Newman
In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to… — Barack Obama

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