Quotes About Skill

People can only do what they can do.

myself! I'm pretty good at a spot of conjuring

about his terrible attempt at making a sandwich) It's more difficult than it looks. (Artemis Fowl)

Don't worry chief,said foaly,It's like riding a unicorn,you never forget.

Mona was half ninja, half gunslinger, popping off charge after charge into the blue creatures.

One did not become one of the world's deadliest men by dropping one's guard.

Cómo se lo que va a pasar? Mi tarea es utilizar lo que ocurra con diligencia y habilidad.

For making a good voyage a pilot and wind are necessary: and for happiness, reason and art.

Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.

The decline of handicrafts in modern times is perhaps one of the causes for the rise of frustration

Wisdom was knowing what to do. Skill was the ability to do it.Virtue was doing it. When wisdom didn't subdue anger, anger destroyed everything.

into the air, but you could land the thing, and not only that, but you could change direction in the air! The whole sport of high-performance

The process of learning an art can be divided conveniently into two parts: one, the mastery of the theory; the other, the mastery of the practice.

Talent is useful, but always keep your dagger sharp.

When taxidermy is done well it's an amazing piece of art.

A professional wasnt a proffesional before he started learning the proffesion.

Grimthorpe (v.) To restore or renovate an ancient building with excessive spending rather than with skill. Grimthorpe is a more or less eponymous word, taken from the title of Sir Edmund Beckett (the first Lord Grimthorpe), a lawyer and horologist in London, who also enjoyed attempting restorations of old buildings. His efforts did not meet with widespread approval, and gave birth to this word. Grinagog

Monodynamic (adj.) Having only a single talent. The technical word to describe a one-trick pony. Moreish

Mediocrist (n.) A person of mediocre talents. Nobody wants to be mediocre, but someone has to be. In fact, by definition, most people are. Microphily

What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you're good at it[...] Tenacious practice, practice, practice is crucial for excellence; rote repetition is underrated in America. Once a child starts to excel at something—whether it's math, piano, pitching or ballet—he or she gets praise, admiration and satisfaction. This builds confidence and makes the once not-fun activity fun.

What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you're good at it. To get good at anything you have to work, and

If the level of challenge increases to match your evolving skill, you've got a setup for flow—the ultimate goal of every game and product designer.

My knitting is simple", he said again. Ï can make anything you want with it, but it will always be simple.

My attackers were too brutish or too unimaginative to reason that the true violation of my spirit would not be through my arse but through my craft, and so my fingers were left unbroken, and my skill remained mine. But