#skill

Was not Hypatia the greatest philosopher of Alexandria, and a true martyr to the old values of learning? She was torn to pieces by a mob of incensed Christians not because she was a woman, but because her learning was so profound, her skills at dialectic so extensive that she reduced all who queried her to embarrassed silence. They could not argue with her, so they murdered her. ↗

— Iain Pears

#dialectics #education #greatness #hypatia-of-alexandria #knowledge

Well, yelling real loud, that's an important skill to have, too. You never know when you might walk right in front of a train and her yelling's all that stands between you and eternity. But for that yell, you'd be flat, and there's nothing worse than a flat boy, just kind of ruins the day for everyone. ↗

— Diane Hammond

#skills #yelling #dreams

When it comes to competing with the best and brightest in whatever your talents or educational skills are, you have to have the confidence within yourself that you are able to achieve. ↗

— Ellen J. Barrier

#confidence #education #skills #talent #education

We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say. ↗

— Zeno of Citium

#listening-skills #listening

Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#equality #fear #gender #intelligence #men

No matter how much experience you have, how many degrees you have, or how well known you have become — there is always something new to learn. Don’t rest on your past experiences. If you do nothing to improve your skills, you won’t stay where you are. ↗

— Laura Spencer

#skill #experience

Every second you spend holding someone else back is time not running the race yourself. ↗

— Rebecca Murphy

#inspirational #people-skills #tolerance #inspirational

In a way she actually preferred Peter to other people because of this. He always acted out of intelligent self-interest. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#people-skills #self-interest #intelligence

Some were made with skill and intelligence Some with passion and charm But they, they were raw, and strived to remain so… ↗

— Pearl Pandya

#intelligence #passion #raw #skill #intelligence

It was at this time that backgammon was invented and began to be popular. It is a kind of paradigm of how wealth is acquired, which in this world is not the reward of intelligence or ability, just as luck is not a product of skill... If luck favours the player, he gets what he wants; if it doesn't, a skilled and prudent man cannot win that which fortune only bestows on whom it likes. It is thus that the good things of this world are apportioned by chance. ↗

— Mas'udi

#chance #fortune #luck #skill #wealth