Skillful Quotes
122 quotes by 108 authors
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My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons.
— Gene Tunney
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If you are not skillful enough to sketch a man jumping out of a window in the time it takes him to fall from the…
— Eugene Delacroix
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Dennis Murray is a wonderful Golf Professional who is personable and skillful as an instructor. Dennis helped me work on my golf swing for a…
— Jerry Pate
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No matter how skillful you are, you can't invent a product advantage that doesn't exist. And if you do, and it's just a gimmick, it's…
— William Bernbach
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Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is…
— Mencius
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A skillful man reads his dreams for self-knowledge, yet not the details but the quality
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There has never been a humane communist regime. Marxism is inherently totalitarian. It recognizes no moral limits on the state. It’s the most convenient ideology…
— Joseph Sobran
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A skillful commander is not overbearing. A skillful fighter does not become angry. A skillful conqueror does not compete with people. One who is skillful…
— Laozi
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It will be cheering to know that many people are skillful chessplayers, though in many instances their brains, in a general way, compare unfavorably with…
— Unknown Author
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Even if a bodhisattva investigates the highest wisdom, one is not a proper bodhisattva unless one applies skillful means for the benefit of other sentient…
— Je Tsongkhapa
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Be skillful in speech, that you may be strong.
— Merikare
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The key to life is to become skillful enough to be able to do rewarding things.
— Jim Rohn
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People who have achieved great success are not necessarily more skillful or intelligent than others. What separates them is their burning desire and thirst for…
— Robin Sharma
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A skillful photographer can photograph anything well.
— John Szarkowski
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A gathering of Democrats is more sweaty, disorderly, offhand, and rowdy than a gathering of Republicans; it is also likely to be more cheerful, imaginative,…
— Clinton Rossiter
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Is any man skillful enough to have fashioned himself?
— Saint Augustine
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The object of universities is not to make skillful lawyers, physicians or engineers. It is to make capable and cultivated human beings
— John Stuart Mill
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A balanced and skillful approach to life, taking care to avoid extremes, becomes a very important factor in conducting one's everyday existence.
— Dalai Lama
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The teaching on karma starts with the principle that people experience happiness and sorrow based on a combination of their past and present intentions. If…
— Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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To Be Successful You Don't Need Beautiful Face And Heroic Body, What You Need is Skillful Mind And Ability To Perform
— Rowan Atkinson
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