Quotes About Skill

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me, that I have fought His battles who now will be my rewarder.

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.

But a craftsman is not necessarily an artist. He needs that something extra that only comes from the cold heart of the universe.

Love sharpens the eye, the ear, the touch; it quickens the feet, it steadies the hand, it arms against the wet and the cold. What we love to do, that we do well. To know is not all; it is only half. To love is the other half

long streaks are extraordinary luck imposed on great skill.

Talent is a gift, but character is a choice.

Luck ran out, but smart was for life.

There is no genius. There is only the work. There is no art. There is only the craft.

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee. And I will pay more for that ability.

The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.

To create the power of competence without creating a corresponding direction to guide the use of that power is bad education.

I've tried to become a singer with the guitar and not let any technological licks run my life. Just write the licks and play them as best as I can as a part rather than ad libbing.

Greg Maddux could put a baseball through a life saver if you asked him.

I've been a hunter pretty much all my life.

I think if actors don't think of themselves as funny in real life they think they can't do comedy.

I'm just an instinctive actress, I've never had a lesson in my life.

I was making guitars and I was a sheet metal worker and if you ever see sheet metal workers' hands, you've never seen so many cuts in your life.

Luck ran out, but smart was for life.

I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.

A novelist has to know enough about a subject to fool the passenger next to him on an airplane.

Just about ANY personality trait or skill can be learned: simply find it in someone you know and copy it. Then watch what happens.

Life's a game-and I happen to know how to play.

The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.