1,149 Quotes About Skills

Wall Street's favorite scam is pretending that luck is skill.

I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regular basis!

And so, at the age of thirty, I had successively disgraced myself with three fine institutions, each of which had made me free of its full and rich resources, had trained me with skill and patience, and had shown me nothing but forbearance and charity when I failed in trust.

The very act of creation requires such focused concentration that vast areas of knowledge may be completely overlooked. Well, so what? There is no evidence that generalized skills are in any way superior to specialized brilliance.

Influence is the single most important skill you can master in your lifetime.

One skill you want to master in this day and age we live in, if you want to have an extraordinary life, is the ability to learn rapidly

Your number one skill as a leader is the ability to influence

If there is any one skill that every professional must learn, it is how to brand himself or herself in the marketplace. A brand provides certainty to customers and lets them know that what they`re getting is the best. People don`t like to make decisions. Once we decide, for example, the kind of toothpaste we prefer, rarely do we change. We have to make so many decisions every day in our lives that most of us are overwhelmed.

Forgiveness - this needs to be our greatest skill. The way to get good at forgiveness is: to be thankful for all the little things you see in the other person.