Skills Quotes - Page 24

• Whatever skills I have acquired, whatever gifts I have been given, I place them at Your service.

  Saint Augustine

  Catholic, Given, Has Beens

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• Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail to graduate from high school with the basic skills they will need to succeed in the 21st Century economy, much less prepared for the rigors of college and career. Although our top universities continue to rank among the best in the world, too few American students are pursuing degrees in science and technology. Compounding this problem is our failure to provide sufficient training for those already in the workforce.

  Bill Gates

  Business, School, College

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• I've always learned on-the-job, in real time. A problem comes up; I research it, and try to solve it. You can't study to be an entrepreneur; you have to develop those skills day in day out. All entrepreneurial experiences are related, whether you're selling worm poop to Wal-Mart or a grade tracking application to the public elementary school system. In the end, it's all very similar.

  Tom Szaky

  Jobs, Business, Real

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• Business skills, when well applied, can do more than just make money. They can potentially make money and do some real good, which is immensely satisfying. To do that, it's important to think outside the box, take risks, and be an entrepreneur.

  Jeffrey Skoll

  Business, Real, Thinking

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• The lack of education and lack of skills don't hurt the unemployed, they hurt America and American business, making us less competitive in the global market.

  Robert Stempel

  Education, Hurt, Business

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• It is a novel kind of supremacy, the best that life can offer, to have as servants by skill those who by nature are our masters.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Work, Kind, Supremacy

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• In this new world, you and I make it up as we go along, not because we lack expertise or planning skills, but because that is the nature of reality. Reality changes shape and meaning because of our activity. And it is constantly new. We are required to be there, as active participants. It can't happen without us and nobody can do it for us.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Learning, Knowledge, Reality

  Margaret J. Wheatley (1994). “Leadership and the new science: learning about organization from an orderly universe”, Berrett-Koehler Pub

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• A leader should never compare his technical skills with his employee's.

  Jack Ma

  Leadership, Business, Should

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• Dance, which displays the body in public, is one of the channels of communication used to pass along important social skills from one generation to the next.

  Gerald Jonas

  Dance, Communication, Dancing

  Gerald Jonas (1998). “Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement”, Turtleback Books

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• 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.

  Tony Robbins

  Being Thankful, Inner Strength, Needs

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• The 2 master skills of life are: The Science of Achievement and The Art of Fulfillment.

  Tony Robbins

  Art, Achievement, Inner Strength

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• It's easy to feel happy when things are going your way. The trick is to remain inspired in difficult situations. That's where life stops being a game of chance and becomes one of skill. That's when, if you can stay serene in the face of adversity, you get back on track in half the time it might otherwise take.

  Jonathan Cainer

  Wise, Adversity, Difficult Situations

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• No amount of training in leadership skills, courses in management methods, power titles, promotions, or associations can substitute for the right attitudes.

  Myles Munroe

  Leadership, Attitude, Training

  Myles Munroe (2007). “Keys for Leadership”, p.12, Whitaker House

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• Leaders create and inspire new leaders by instilling faith in their leadership abilities and helping them develop and hone leadership skills they don't know they possess.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leader, Inspire, Helping

  John C. Maxwell (2010). “Maxwell 2in1 (Developing the Leader w/in You/Developing Leaders Around You)”, p.223, Harper Collins

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• Art is often confused with the skill of drawing. It is the skill of making.

  Stephen Metcalf

  Art, Confused, Drawing

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• I was fortunate enough to have baseball to teach me the values relative to success. The sport gifted me with leadership and team building skills that translate in a relatable way in the world.

  Willie Wilson

  Sports, Baseball, Team

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• A book is a human-powered film projector (complete with feature film) that advances at a speed fully customized to the viewer's mood or fancy. This rare harmony between object and user arises from the minimal skills required to manipulate a bound sequence of pages. Each piece of paper embodies a corresponding instant of time which remains frozen until liberated by the
  act of turning a page.

  John Maeda

  Book, Pieces, Frozen

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• The most powerful drive in the ascent of man is his pleasure in his own skill. He loves to do what he does well. And having done it well, he loves to do it better.

  Jacob Bronowski

  Powerful, Men, Doe

  Jacob Bronowski (1976). “The ascent of man”

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• Sanctified ignorance is the belief that if we love God and have committed our lives to Him, everything will work out…Sanctified ignorance is no excuse for a life out of alignment, lacking joy, fulfillment, and a clear sense of accomplishment…Look at how God has uniquely gifted you in your skills and abilities, personality traits, and values, dreams and passions. It is in these that we find the authentic path designed for us for a purpose-driven life.

  Dan Miller

  Dream, Passion, Ignorance

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• I think there are very few invisible musical instrument players out there who can claim the chops and sheer perseverance of Björn Türoque, the world's perennial second-place air guitar champion. Whoever this Dan Crane might be, he's captured the mad, seductive spirit of the arbitrary skill contest perfectly, and rocks it hard into the hot Finnish night. There is no number of umlauts that do this Jekyll and Hyde of air-rocking justice.

  John Hodgman

  Perseverance, Player, Night

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• The Common Core State Standards Initiative is an important step forward in ensuring that the United States remains competitive in the global economy. Career technical education (CTE) shares the Initiative s goal that all students must be college and career ready. CTE programs that incorporate the Common Core Standards will ensure students have the academic and technical knowledge and skills to be successful in the 21st century workplace.

  Kimberlee Green

  Educational, Successful, College

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• Over a pint in the pub, you have a good moan
  That's the fate of every Magpie
  While Mam perfects her game show skills
  Giving talks at the WI

  John Walter Bratton

  Anniversary, Fate, Games

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• O soul, be patient: thou shalt find A little matter mend all this; Some strain of music to thy mind, Some praise for skill not spent amiss.

  Robert Bridges

  Music, Soul, Mind

  Robert Bridges (1912). “Poetical Works Of Robert Brides Excluding The Eight Dramas”

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• So, it takes a lot of chance and luck. I mean I was lucky enough to get in the program where people with the same skills never made it to the program. So keep trying.

  Philippe Perrin

  Mean, People, Luck

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• In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around; And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Learning, Sound, Gazing

  Oliver Goldsmith, John Mitford (1851). “The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith”, p.42

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