Quotes About Skill

I really am impressed that you have been shot so often. Really." "Getting hit's not really that impressive," Wayne noted. "It don't take much skill to get shot. It's avoiding the bullets that's tough.

And yet, when you fly, you are amazing. You're so determined, so skillful, so passionate. You're a fire, Spin. When everyone else is calm, you're a burning bonfire. Beautiful, like a newly forged blade.

Prof's ability makes mine look like a piece of rice. And not even a cooked one.

You…can ride a bike, can't you?" "Sure I can," I said, getting onto one of the squeaky things. "At least I used to be able to. Haven't done it in years, but it's like riding a bike, right?" "Technically, yes.

reading was hardly as practical a skill as being able to handle a dagger or use Allomancy?

Allomancy wasn't just about fighting and killing. It was about skill and grace. It was something beautiful.

You don't need to use your hand to Push," Gemmel grumbled at him. "Wastes time.

Adolin was there in a heartbeat, attacking with more skill than any other man Dalinar had known. The lad was a genius with the Blade, an artist with paint of only one shade.

He smiled. The ability to drink and not grow drunk—an advantage of pewter that nobody had told him about. There had to be a way to use such a skill.

you're a good shot, it doesn't matter how much stopping power a gun has." "If you're a good shot," I said solemnly, raising a hand to my breast, "you're probably already using a rifle.

One could enjoy a grand painting without being able to replicate its brush-strokes. Art was valuable for the very reason that it could be appreciated by those of lesser skill.

Knowledge is only a rumor until it lives in the muscle.

Mastery requires feedback.

The Asaro tribe of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea has a beautiful saying: "Knowledge is only a rumor until it lives in the muscle.

Compassion is a daily practice and empathy is a skill set that is one of the most powerful tools of compassion.

Just under half of the leaders we interviewed initially talked about courage as a personality trait, not a skill. They typically approached the question about specific skills with a "Well, you either have it or you don't" answer.

I define empathy as the skill or ability to tap into our own experiences in order to connect with an experience someone is relating to us.

empathy is best understood as a skill because being empathic, or having the capacity to show empathy, is not a quality that is innate or intuitive. We might be naturally sensitive to others, but there is more to empathy than sensitivity.

I used to ask my graduate students to submit a semester-long goal the second week of school. After doing this for years, I knew I could expect 90 percent of the goals to be unrealistic. Setting realistic goals is a skill and a prerequisite for hope.

Setting realistic goals is a skill and a prerequisite for hope.

over the quilt work of the beautiful spread

As sophisticated as the technology gets, the less sophisticated you have to become as an actor.

We are born makers. We move what we're learning from our heads to our hearts through our hands.

Keep practicing until it lives inside you; then it will seem foolishly easy to the unpracticed. — BILL HOLM, "FRIED CHICKEN IN ICELAND