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«Art is skill, that is the first meaning of the word.»
Author: Henry Geldzahler | About: Art | Keywords: skill
«Getting results through people is a skill that cannot be learned in the classroom»
«Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.»
Author: Ralph Marston | About: Attitude, Excellence | Keywords: excellence, skill
«'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.»
Author: Thomas Fuller (Clergyman, Writer) | About: Ability | Keywords: governs, ship, skill, Tis
«Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.»
«Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of very part of your life.»
«All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.»
«For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.»
«After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well.»
«As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.»