Being Skillful Quotes

#1. No one is as brave, as adventurous or as skillful as D'Artagnan, without at the same time being inclined to be a dreamer.

Alexandre Dumas

#2. Good temper and moderation are the characteristics of parliamentary language.

Betty Boothroyd

#3. Just fully being skillful involves total lack of inhibition. We are not afraid to be. We are not afraid to live. We must accept ourselves as being warriors. If we acknowledge ourselves as warriors, then there is a way in, because a warrior dares to be, like a tiger in the jungle.

Chogyam Trungpa

#4. In vain I have looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the charge home against himself.

Confucius

#5. I don't think gay marriage is any threat to marriage. I think divorce is a bigger problem to marriage than anything else.

Rick Warren

#6. Being skilled in Catsism is like being a ninja only deadlier and not so silent. The only bad thing is the sickening grammar you have to use.

Will Advise

#7. Therefore, the skillful commander imposes his will on the enemy by making the enemy come to him instead of being brought to the enemy.

Sun Tzu

#8. For one person who dreams of making fifty thousand pounds, a hundred people dream of being left fifty thousand pounds.

A.A. Milne

#9. That's the problem with belief: If you rely on it too heavily, you have a lot of picking up to do after you find out you were wrong.

Craig Lancaster

#10. My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they don't speak English.

Margaret Cho

#11. I never panic when I get a wasp at my ear. As soon as you strike out, they'll sting you. So just stay cool.

Martin McGuinness

#12. Inward spiritual practices such as meditation, breathing techniques and self-analysis generate insights and enhance abilities, but none are so useful as learning to live harmoniously in a committed relationship, being a skillful parent, or juggling the demands of daily life.

Dan Millman