It is sometimes difficult to be inspired when trying to write a persuasive essay, book report or thoughtful research paper. Often of times, it is hard to find words that best describe your ideas.
VIPessays now provides a database of over 150,000 quotations and proverbs from the famous inventors, philosophers, sportsmen, artists, celebrities, business people, and authors that are aimed to enrich and strengthen your essay, term paper, book report, thesis or research paper.
Try our free search of constantly updated quotations and proverbs database.
Letter "S" » skill
«If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.»
«I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.»
«Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; and love by love.»
«It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.»
«If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage»
«He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist in our helper.»
Author: Edmund Burke
(
Philosopher,
Statesman)
|
Keywords:
antagonist,
antagonists,
helper,
nerves,
sharpening,
sharpens,
skill,
strengthens,
wrestled,
wrestles
«If skill could be gained by watching, every dog would become a butcher.»
«It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have it, it requires ten times as much skill to keep it.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(
Essayist,
Lecturer,
Poet)
|
Keywords:
a great deal,
boldness,
caution,
cautioned,
cautions,
fortune,
great deal,
skill,
with boldness
«If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.»
«Men who are occupied in the restoration of health to other men, by the joint exertion of skill and humanity, are above all the great of the earth. They even partake of divinity, since to preserve and renew is almost as noble as to create.»
Author: Voltaire
(
Philosopher,
Writer)
|
Keywords:
above all,
divinities,
divinity,
exertion,
joint,
noble,
occupied,
occupying,
partake,
partaken,
partakes,
partake in,
partaking,
preserve,
renew,
renewing,
renews,
restoration,
skill,
the Earth,
The Restoration