#kills

Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#capability #confidence #optimism #possibility #skills

Like many highly educated people, I didn't have much in the way of actual skills. ↗

— J. Maarten Troost

#skills #education

it's all a popularity contest, which unfortunately often has more to do with good looks rather than actual talent. ↗

— Andrew James Pritchard

#fame-and-fortune #life-skills #popularity #talent #art

The trick to saying the word cock, is to do it like you have one in your mouth. ↗

— Geoffrey Knight

#tasty-treats #words-of-wisdom #life

I'm just curious, who's more fit to raise a child? A loving committed same-sex couple or an unmarried 15-year-old with no income and really no skills to parent? ↗

— Ellen Barkin

#committed #couple #curious #fit #i

The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery. ↗

— Dave Barry

#basically #celery #democrats #demonstrated #management

It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#friction #kills #machinery #people #revolution

There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#business #customers #determine #even #example

It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition. ↗

— Bono

#end #in the end #kills #off #stasis

People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills. ↗

— Marvin Bower

#education #judged #nationality #people #performance