Skillful Quotes

122 Skillful quotes by 108 unique authors

On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France took charge of… — John James Audubon
A skillful playwright might have a good time with the story of the assassination of President William McKinley, and especially with the three most flamboyant… — Russell Baker
Always leave people with a solution; the heaven if you do versus the hell if you don't. If you're really skillful you can put the… — Jim Rohn
What citizens of a free country would listen to any offers of good and skillful administration in return for the abdication of freedom? — John Stuart Mill
Prayer is a trade to be learned. We must be apprentices and serve our time at it. Painstaking care, much thought, practice and labour are… — Edward McKendree Bounds
The skillful tactician may be likened to the shuai-jan. Now the shuai-jan is a snake that is found in the Ch'ang mountains. Strike at its… — Sun Tzu
Therefore the skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without… — Sun Tzu
A prudent man... must behave like those archers who, if they are skillful, when the target seems too distant, know the capabilities of their bow… — Niccolo Machiavelli
By altering his arrangements and changing his plans, the skillful general keeps the enemy without definite knowledge. By shifting his camp and taking circuitous routes,… — Sun Tzu
The best architects feel it to be their duty to make the path to the hole as free as possible from annoying difficulties for the… — Robert Hunter
You can ensure the success of your attacks if you only attack places that are undefended. You can ensure the safety of your defense if… — Sun Tzu
The Trilateralist Commission is international...(and)...is intended to be the vehicle for multinational consolidation of the commercial and banking interests by seizing control of the political… — Barry Goldwater
We have the most skillful, firecest, and certainly the most ethical ground forces in the world... I'm not saying we have to commit right now,… — James Mattis
The skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting. — Sun Tzu
The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it. — Madame Roland
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice… — John Ruskin
Learn of the skillful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master. — Benjamin Franklin
Wisdom is an artful methodâ€”a skillful, tactical, fair, and diplomatic use of knowledge. — Greg Koukl
By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise. — Adolf Hitler
We have a very daring and skillful opponent against us, and, may I say across the havoc of war, a great general. — Winston Churchill

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