Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
African proverbs
In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.
David Starr Jordan
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Dale Carnegie
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.
Thomas Sowell
The archer that shoots ill has a lie ready.
Spanish proverbs
The word good has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.
G.K. Chesterton
All are not cooks that walk with long knives.
Russian proverbs
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
Jim Rohn
In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
George Herbert
Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of evry part of your life.
Brian Tracy
An empowered organisation is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organisational success.
Stephen Covey
Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.
Isaac Newton
Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.
Les Brown