SKILL - (TALENT)
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“Preach the word; be at it urgently in favorable times and difficult times; reprove, reprimand, exhort, with all patience and the art ofteaching.” – Apostle Paul – 2 Tim. 4:2 – HOLY SCRIPTURES
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. – John Ruskin
A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. – English proverb
Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. – Arthur Schopenhauer
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but to their inward significance. – Aristotle
Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others. – Jonathan Winters
If no one ever took risks, Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine Floor. – Neil Simon
It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give up because by that time I was too famous. – Robert Benchley
I dream of painting, then I paint my dream. – Vincent van Gogh
Every artist is at first an amateur. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. – Coach Darrel Royal
The superior man is modest in his speech but decisive in his actions. – Confucius
Attempt the impossible to improve your work. – Bette Davis
“Whatever she planted grew as if by magic, and her fame as a grower of flowers grew over three counties. Because of her creativity, even my memories of poverty are seen through a screen of blooms.” – Alice Walker – IN SEARCH OF OUR MOTHER’S GARDENS
The squeaking wheel doesn’t always get the grease. Sometimes it gets replaced. – Vic Gold (Journalist)
All anyone needs to know about prizes is that Mozart never won one. – Henry Mitchell
Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. – Leo Buscaglia
Genius is 3% inspiration and 97% perspiration. – Katherine Hepburn
A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish. – Oliver Herford
It’s better to aim at perfection and miss it than it is to aim at imperfection and hit it. – Thomas J. Watson
Nobody cares if you can’t dance well—just get up and dance! – Dave Barry
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“You, though, keep your senses in all things, endure hardships, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.” – Apostle Paul –2 Tim. 4:5 – HOLY BIBLE
Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently. – Henry Ford
Man who says it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it. – Chinese Proverb
Talent is the gift plus the passion—a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it. – Neil Simon
Easy DOESN’T do it. – Al Bernstein
Never do card tricks with the group you play poker with. – Murphy’s Laws on Life
Always be the first rate version of yourself, instead of the second-rate version of somebody else. – Judy Garland
If I had nine fingers missing, I wouldn’t type any slower. – Mitch Hedberg
No one ever drowned in his own sweat. – Ann Landers
You can prevent whiplash by moving more slowly. – Gary Pulliam
Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. – (Coach) Lou Holtz
Mistakes are a fact of life—it’s the response to error that counts. – Nikki Giovanni (American poet / activist / writer / educator)
Art is never finished—just abandoned. – Leonardo da Vinci
If you enjoy what you do, you will never work a day in your life. – Aristotle
Wisdom is knowing what to do next—Skill is knowing how to do it—Virtue is doing it. – Yes!
Man blames fate for other accidents, but feels personally responsible when he makes a hole in one. – Anonymous
Imagine having Einstein talk to you, or Gandhi. In a concert, Mozart or Bach are talking to you, through time and space; You’re listening to the crystallizing of great minds. – Yo Yo Ma
Yesterday’s Olympic winners would be beaten by today’s high school kids. – Paul Harvey
A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is ability to articulate human relationships. – Gore Vidal
I know it all, I just can’t remember it all at once. – Gary Pulliam
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“Now when they saw the outspokenness of Peter and John, and they perceived that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were astonished. And they began to realize that they had been with Jesus.”– Apostle Luke –Acts 4:13 – HOLY SCRIPTURES
Hard work with no talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy. – Robert Half
Every great work of art has two faces—one in its own time and one in the future. – YES!
I’ve missed over 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot—and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over in my life…and that’s why I succeed. – Michael Jordan
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning. – Mohandas Gandhi
Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a person as he could be, and he will become as he should be. – (Coach) Jimmy Johnson
Talent works, genius creates. – Robert Schumann
Concealed talent brings no reputation. – Desiderius Erasmus
It’s not enough to just swing at the ball. You’ve got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it. – Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation. – John Ruskin
Everyone has a talent. What is fame but the courage to nurture it and follow the talent to the dark places in which it leads? – Erica Jong
Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can. – Owen Meredith
Casting sometimes is fate and destiny more than skill and talent, from a director’s point of view. – Steven Spielberg
Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa. – Casey Stengel
Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are. – Erica Jong
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. – George Herbert
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. – Albert Einstein
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“Do you not know that the runners in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it.” – Apostle Paul – 1 Cor. 9:24 – HOLY SCRIPTURES
The moment a man starts to talk about technique, that’s proof that he’s fresh out of ideas. – Raymond Chandler
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, “I used everything you gave me.” – Erma Bombeck
Talent is only the starting point. – Irving Berlin
A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop his skills, and uses his skills to accomplish his goals. – Larry Bird
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. – Stevie Wonder
I don’t believe there is such thing as a “born” soccer player. Perhaps you are born with certain skills and talents, but quite frankly it seems impossible to me that one is actually born to be an ace soccer player. – Pele
Use what talents you possess—the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. – Henry Van Dyke
