Quotes about Skills
Each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that. 1 Corinthians 7:7 NIV
— Max Lucado
It's not what you know but the kind of job you do that makes the difference.
— Ben Carson
The professional respects his craft. He does not consider himself superior to it. He recognizes the contributions of those who have gone before him. He apprentices himself to them. The professional dedicates himself to mastering technique not because he believes technique is a substitute for inspiration but because he wants to be in possession of the full arsenal of skills when inspiration does come.
— Steven Pressfield
Often volunteer work leads to employment.
— Billy Graham
Education is not a thing apart from life—not a "system," nor a philosophy; it is direct teaching how to live and how to work.
— Booker T. Washington
My aim in homeschooling is to give my children the ability to be an adult learner, a skill set that will last the rest of their lives.
— Nancy Pearcey
The world cares little about what a man knows;it cares more about what a man is able to do.
— Booker T. Washington
The main problem of service is to be the way without being "in the way." And if there are any tools, techniques and skills to be learned they are primarily to plow the field, to cut the weeds and to clip the branches, that is, to take away the obstacles for real growth and development.
— Henri Nouwen
When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence.
— Stephen Covey
Our problem right now is that we're so specialized that if the lights go out, there are a huge number of people who are not going to know what to do. But within every dystopia there's a little utopia.
— Margaret Atwood
If we want America to stay on the cutting edge, we need young Americans to master the tools and technology that will change the way we do just about everything.
— Barack Obama
To come to terms with our beginning requires a truthful story to acquire the skills to live in gratitude rather than resentment for the gift of life.
— Stanley Hauerwas