Quotes About Skillful

Although feelings of attraction are automatic, in order to sustain attraction in a personal relationship we must also be skillful in presenting ourselves in ways that are not just appealing to the other sex but supportive as well. It is not enough to say, "Here I am; take me as I am.

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

Custom! that skillful but unhurrying manager who begins by torturing the mind for weeks on end with her provisional arrangements; whom the mind, for all that, is fortunate in discovering, for without the help of custom it would never contrive, by its own efforts, to make any room seem habitable.

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives… Quality also marks the search for an ideal after necessity has been satisfied and mere usefulness achieved.

Each pain makes you more strong, each betrayal more intelligent, every disappointment more skillful & each experience more wise.

I like a man to do something with his ten fingers. I do not like the useless creatures who are always self-important or agitators. A fatuous breed!

Custom! that skilful but unhurrying manager

What citizens of a free country would listen to any offers of good and skillful administration in return for the abdication of freedom?

Not only is he ambidextrous, but he can throw with either hand.

It's funny, there aren't too many musicians that also moonlight as studio engineers. There's a few - the really brilliant ones.

Perry Fitzgerald's sermons were like dharma talks: he spoke as if casually following a train of thought, telling stories, recalling poems, and explicating spiritual and theological concepts as they occurred to him. On the page, however, the skillful construction of this conversational style was obvious.

Work not only transforms the environment by building bridges across rivers and cultivating barren plains; it also transforms the worker from an animal guided by instincts into a conscious, goal-directed, skillful person.

Good nature is a man's heaven, The cursing of the [furious] is painful. If you are skilled in speech, you will win, The tongue is [a king's] sword; Speaking is stronger than all fighting, The skillful is not overcome.

He is very skillful. But she understands…that what's delicious is different for everyone.

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.