Skillfulness Quotes

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Only the skilled can judge the skillfulness, but that is not the same as judging the value of the result.

The inhabitants are hospitable in their way, live in plenty and dirt, are stout, of great prowess in manly athletics; and, in private conversation, bold, impertinent, and vain. In the art of war (after the Indian manner) they are well-skilled, are enterprising and fruitful of strategies; and, when in action, are as bold and intrepid as the ancient Romans. The Shawnese acknowledge them their superiors even in their own way of fighting.

From this day forward, Flight Control will be known by two words: "Tough" and "Competent." Tough means we are forever accountable for what we do or what we fail to do. We will never again compromise our responsibilities. Every time we walk into Mission Control we will know what we stand for. Competent means we will never take anything for granted. We will never be found short in our knowledge and in our skills.

If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it.

When God calls a man to be upright and pure and generous, he also calls him to be intelligent and skillful, and strong and brave.

I think that you always want to gravitate towards people who absolutely are great at what they do and go for authenticity.

The future belongs to the competent. It belongs to those who are very, very good at what they do. It does not belong to the well meaning.

I'm brilliant as well as skilled," he said modestly. "It's a great burden, all of that on top of my angelic good looks. But I try to soldier on as best I can.

Everyone was so good at what they were doing, and what they were bringing onto the table, that I was confident. I guess I was just trying to keep up, really, that was my hope at the end of the day; that I could do them justice and do the story [Maze Runner] justice and do Wes [Ball] justice.

If a guy is skilled at anything, that's attractive. There's something very primal about that and, sure, it can be as simple as figuring out the tip quickly. It's really cool when a guy tips 20 percent quickly and effortlessly so that when the check comes, he opens it and signs his name and done.

Caring is irrelevant. Desire to do good is irrelevant. All that counts is knowledge and results

I'm not a jack of all trades; I'm a master of many. I don't feel there is anything I can't do if I want to.

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.

You can never be too skilful.

do you think it is better to be clever than to be good?” “Good for what?” asked the Doctor. “You are good for nothing unless you are clever.

Is any man skillful enough to have fashioned himself?

Anything a man can do, I can fix.

People are so skillful in their ignorance!

Friendships are nice. So is competence.

Mastery is an elusive concept. You never know when you achieve it absolutely and it may not help you to feel you've attained it. We can recognize it more readily in others than we can in ourselves. We have to discover our own definition of it.

It matters little how much equipment we use; it matters much that we be masters of all we do use.

I know I have a lot of talent.

Competence is a narrow ideal. Competence makes the trains run on time but doesn't know where they're going.

Good taste - that's all you really need when you're playing an instrument.