“The sporting qualities of a fish are dependent neither on its size nor its weight, but on the effort of concentration, the skill and mastery the fish demands from the fisherman” EffortQualitySeaSkillsDemandRiversWeightSizeFishesBoatDependentLakesFishingConcentrationMasteryFisherman Author:Charles Ritz
“Sticking to a diet required me to have a permanently low self-esteem. But happily, I developed other skills beyond a fluctuating weight, eventually building up a different source of self-worth.” DifferentSelfSelf EsteemBuildingSourceSkillsLowsWeightSelf WorthEsteemDietsLow Self EsteemBuilding Up Author:Arabella Weir
“I couldn't portray a women in all her natural loveliness.. I haven't the skill. No one has. I must, therefore, create a new sort of beauty, the beauty that appears to me in terms of volume of line, of mass, of weight, and through that beauty interpret my subjective impression. Nature is mere a pretext for decorative composition, plus sentiment. It suggests emotion, and I translate that emotion into art. I want to express the absolute, not merely the factitious woman.” WantArtTermNaturalLinesEmotionHavensSkillsMassWeightAbsolutesMereImpressionPlusSentimentsTranslateVolumeCompositionSubjectiveLovelinessPretext Book:Georges Braque Source: Georges Braque
“In determing "the right people," the good-to-great companies placed greater weight on character attributes than on specific educational background, practical skills, specialized knowledge, or work experience.” PeopleCharacterCompanyGreaterSkillsWeightEducationalPracticalsBackgroundsAttributesGreat CompanyGood To GreatWork ExperienceEducational BackgroundPractical Skills Author:James C. Collins
“People who watch their weight, golf scores, and fuel bills seem to shun quantitative evaluation of their investment management skills although it involves the most important client in the world-themselves.” PeopleWorldImportantSeemsWatchesSkillsWeightManagementBillsGolfInvestmentFuelScoreClientsEvaluationManagement SkillsInvestment Management Author:Warren Buffett
“Trials are medicines which our gracious and wise Physician prescribes because we need them; and he proportions the frequency and weight of them to what the case requires. Let us trust his skill and thank him for his prescription.” NeedsCasesWiseSkillsWeightMedicineChristian InspirationalTrialsProportionPhysiciansFrequencyGraciousPrescriptions Author:Isaac Newton