335 Quotes About Skill

You shouldn't be proud of being good at something, if you were born with it. That would be as dumb as being proud of having two legs, or speaking a language, or pooping.

[...] Popæus Sabinus [...] maximisque provinciis per quatuor et viginti annos impositus; nullam ob eximiam artem , sed quod par negotiis , neque supra erat.

No matter how talented or skilled you are, you will never reach your full potential without expert guidance.

Nothing in the tangible word that isn't living has any value beyond a dollar amount. Considering that dollars can only buy more tangible and inanimate objects, it would seem a far more worthwhile goal to instead learn to place value on the treasures of the mind. Memories, knowledge and skill together are the only things we will ever actually own.

There is a difference between skill and talent. Master the skill to allow the talent out.

Talent is what God gives us, Skill is what we give back to Him

To use a man for what he is naturally best fitted is to keep him, if one can, from apostasy and dissatisfaction. At the same time, life's temptations come most often from that for which one has the greatest aptitude.

Mice: But reading all the good writers might discourage you.Y.C.: Then you ought to be discouraged.

The devil tempts us not; 'tis we who tempt him, beckoning his skill with opportunity.