Decision Making Skills Quotes

Take a look at a select set of thought provoking and inspirational skills quotes related to decision making.

"A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals." - Larry Bird (1956 - ) Retired American NBA Basketball Player

"If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it." - James A. Garfield (1831 - 1881), 20th President of the United States

"Learn of the skillful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master." - Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Author and Scientist

"The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future." - John Maynard Keynes (1883 - 1946), British Economist

"The typical human life seems to be quite unplanned, undirected, unlived, and unsavored. Only those who consciously think about the adventure of living as a matter of making choices among options, which they have found for themselves, ever establish real self-control and live their lives fully." - Karl H. Albrecht (1920 - ), German Entrepreneur, Founder of Discount Supermarket Chain Aldi

"Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains." - Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983), American Writer and Philosopher

"When possible make the decisions now, even if action is in the future. A reviewed decision usually is better than one reached at the last moment." - William B. Given

"Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose." - John Stossel (1947 - ) American Consumer Reporter, Investigative Journalist, and Author

"Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest." - Epicurus (341 BC - 270 BC), Greek Philosopher

"Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily." - Johann Friedrich Von Schiller (1759 - 1805) German Poet, Philosopher, Historian, and Playwright

"'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without Antonio." - George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans (1819–1880), English Novelist)

"Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level." - Peter F. Drucker, (1909 - 2005), Author and Teacher

"Learning how to learn is life's most important skill." - Tony Buzan (1942 - ), English Author and Educational Consultant

"Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it." - David Starr Jordan (1851 - 1931), American Educator and Past-president of both Indiana University and Stanford University

"Skill and confidence are an unconquered army." - George Herbert (1593 - 1633), Welsh Poet, Orator and Anglican Priest

"Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers." - Robert Half, Founder of Robert Half International

"Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation." - John Ruskin (1819 - 1900), English Author, Poet and Artist

"The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication." - Michael E. Gerber (1936 - ) American Author

"Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; love by love." - Thomas Szasz (1920 - ), Hungarian Psychiatrist and Academic

"The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill." - Robert Heller

"The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision." - Harold Hook

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