
There are many
skillful apprentices, but few master workmen. —
Henry David Thoreau

People who are wise, good, smart,
skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs. —
P. J. O'Rourke

Be
skillful in speech, that you may be strong. —
Merikare

We are designed boundaryless and limitless in what we can achieve. Unfortunately, we are also
skillful in building boundaries and limits... —
Assegid Habtewold

No thief, however
skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire. —
L. Frank Baum

Scusi mia bella*, but it runs in the blood of all Italians to be
skillful lovers. So you have to get used to this. —
Olga Goa

The key to life is to become
skillful enough to be able to do rewarding things. —
Jim Rohn

No one is as brave, as adventurous or as
skillful as D'Artagnan, without at the same time being inclined to be a dreamer. —
Alexandre Dumas

Writing is the
skillful expression of feelings through the vehicle of words —
Christian Michael

The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears and above all our vanity. The
skillful propagandist stirs and coaches these internal persuaders. —
Eric Hoffer

Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the
skillful extrication from which demands a little folly. —
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Have you beheld a man
skillful in his work? Before kings is where he will station himself; he will not station himself before commonplace men. —
Solomon

More than one
skillful physician has said that if one asks the right questions, the patient will make the diagnosis for you in his or her own words. —
Andrew Weil

Progress occurs when courageous,
skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better." Harry S. Truman —
Shar McBee

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

The man incapable of contemplation cannot be an artist, but only a
skillful workman. —
Ananda Coomaraswamy

I'd like a bit of a crack at some kind of anarchic comedy, but whether or not I'm
skillful enough at it all, we'll see. —
Richard C. Armitage

Ambition is a tricky little animal to tame. It is very
skillful at concealing itself from its master. —
Thomas Jefferson

For all their reputation for chattiness and storytelling, the Irish I knew were so
skillful with words there was sometimes no need for them at all. —
Camille DeAngelis

Misfortune is a stepping stone for genius, the baptismal font of Christians, treasure for the
skillful man, an abyss for the feeble. —
Honore De Balzac

To have much learning, to be
skillful in handicraft, well-trained in discipline, and to be of good speech
this is the greatest blessing. —
Gautama Buddha

Throughout your life advance daily, becoming more
skillful than yesterday, more
skillful than today. This is never-ending. —
Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Let men be happy, informed,
skillful, well behaved, and productive. —
B.F. Skinner

The most important step in developing
skillful speech is to think before speaking. —
Allan Lokos

Ships are to little purpose without
skillful Sea Men. —
Richard Hakluyt

I've never met a woman so beautiful and innocent, yet so
skillful she steals your mind. I'm afraid you're going to be unforgettable."
-Lynx —
Janelle Taylor

It's intoxicating for a man to be waited on. Combine this with very, very
skillful sex, and that will get them. —
Doris Lilly

People are attracted to leaders who are
skillful in motivating them to become more, do more, and achieve more... —
Assegid Habtewold

One hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most
skillful, subduing the other's military without battle is the most
skillful. —
Sun Tzu

Be practical,
be
skillful,
be teachable,
and you will be successful. —
Matshona Dhliwayo

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

It is not the aim of Kenpo to merely produce a
skillful as well as powerful practitioner, but to create a well integrated student respectful of all. —
Ed Parker

With growing experience, all
skillful commanders sought to profit by the power of the defensive, even when on the offensive. —
B.H. Liddell Hart

Even in the works of the greatest master, the organic sequence can fail and then a
skillful join must be made. —
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

We have a very daring and
skillful opponent against us, and, may I say across the havoc of war, a great general. —
Winston Churchill

Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in
skillful hands; in un
skillful, the most mischievous. —
Alexander Pope

8. The
skillful soldier does not raise a second levy, neither are his supply-wagons loaded more than twice. [Once war is declared, he will —
Sun Tzu

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

...to be
skillful in domestic duties was surely one of the most charming of woman's qualities. —
William Makepeace Thackeray

People are so
skillful in their ignorance! —
Paramahansa Yogananda

A
skillful photographer can photograph anything well. —
John Szarkowski

Understand that you can't achieve your dreams if you don't connect with people who guide you to improve on upon the skills you have. —
Israelmore Ayivor

Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more
skillful and effective way. And compassion helps us as well. —
Joan Halifax

The non-doing of any evil,
the performance of what's
skillful,
the cleansing of one's own mind:
this is the teaching of the Awakened. —
Gautama Buddha
Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis. —
William Arthur Ward

No matter how
skillful the trading scheme, over the long haul, abnormal returns are sustained only through abnormal exposure to risk. —
Alan Greenspan

It is impossible to feign mastery of an instrument, however
skillful the impostor may be. —
Andres Segovia

A
skillful man reads his dreams for self-knowledge, yet not the details but the quality —
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Maybe the Dalai Lama is the only person who is totally honest, and even with him, he's
skillful not to hurt anybody. He's
skillful. —
Richard Gere
Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest. —
Epicurus

To Be Successful You Don't Need Beautiful Face And Heroic Body, What You Need is
Skillful Mind And Ability To Perform —
Rowan Atkinson

A
skillful soldier is not violent, an able fighter does not rage, a mighty conqueror does not give battle, a great commander is a humble man —
Lao-Tzu
Skillful conversationalists can explore disagreements and make points in ways that feel constructive and positive rather than combative or corrective. —
Gretchen Rubin

Being skilled in Catsism is like being a ninja only deadlier and not so silent. The only bad thing is the sickening grammar you have to use. —
Will Advise

No amount of
skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination. —
Edward Hopper

Apprenticeships are the real nitty-gritty way of creating an efficient,
skillful and vibrant workforce. —
Sean Bean

My own ambition in the ring had always been
skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons. —
Gene Tunney