“Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill you have shown in keeping clear of the mark. Not to have hit once in so many trials, argues the most splendid talents for missing.”
Thomas De Quincey
“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.”
David Starr Jordan
“Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; and love by love.”
Thomas S. Szasz
“Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.”
Ralph Marston
“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.”
William A. Foster
“After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well.”
Albert Einstein
“To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.”
François de la Rochefoucauld