Personal Skills Quotes

I could bowl really fast and as the years went on I started to develop more skills - I learnt how to swing the ball a little bit, use the crease a little bit more. But I knew what my skill was and that was to run in and bowl fast.

Self-control, openness, the ability to engage with others, to plan and to persist - these are the attributes that get people in the door and on the job, and lead to productive lives.

Eighty to 90 percent of success in a company has nothing to do with business at all - it's all personal.

A lot of people don't realize the skills and talent that I have.

I speak English, obviously, Afrikaans, which is a derivative of Dutch that we have in South Africa. And then I speak African languages. So I speak Zulu. I speak Xhosa. I speak Tswana. And I speak Tsonga. And like - so those are my languages of the core. And then I don't claim German, but I can have a conversation in it. So I'm trying to make that officially my seventh language. And then, hopefully, I can learn Spanish.

I have my limited skills as a journalist and a father, and the journalist part is really part of my mindset, to use my skills to try to solve problems.

Whatever I won in cycling, I won with my own skills. I never won anything I couldn't win. For example, I never won a time trial at 60 kph, whereas others have and maybe still do.

My graphic design skills are superior to a lot of other things I can do; I use it as a part of my tool kit.

We all have skills, I guess.

I have a lot of really good handlers.

I thought there was something intrinsically fascinating about people who communicate for a living and are incapable of communicating in their personal lives.

I have talents aplenty. Unfortunately, precious few of them have any redeeming social value.

When I was playing street hockey, I really thought that I had some skills!

Your skills may not be anything out of the ordinary, but you can do miraculous things with what you've got. Maybe it's your parenting skills, or your compassion. It may be your curiosity, your imagination or unique style of fashion. Even if it seems to be no big deal, the lesson here is we all have unique abilities and talents.

I knew I have those skills and capabilities to perform at the international level.

Everybody comes to the planet with certain gifts. It may be writing, it may be acting, it may be singing, it may be being a lawyer, it may be making a beautiful cabinet, it may be being a spectacular dry cleaner. It could be anything. We all have gifts in different areas.

We can create the ultimate job security by becoming less dependent on the organization for which we work and more dependent on our own resources.

After 3 years, I left the army at the ripe old age of 20, but I'd like to think some of the skills are still with me. I'm great at physical movement; I can still remember Morse code, and perhaps most importantly, I can fold my socks up into little balls with smiley faces.

If you can make money with your talents, why not?

Although I never think about goals and assists, I believe in my skills and I just want to play good and be important for the team... then everything will be OK.

Sydney might not be an expert in personal relationships but puzzles were familiar territory.

I was a bit of an all-rounder at school.

You know, I only claim to play three instruments. My dad is a banker, but a drummer at heart; and my mom used to teach piano lessons when she was younger. So I can play some piano, play a little drums, and fake the bass - but banjo, mandolin, and guitar are my thing.

I play guitar, and I'm a decent basketball player - people like to play on my team.

Always define WHAT you want to do with your life and WHAT you have to offer to the world, in terms of your favorite talents/gifts/skills-not in terms of a job-title.