As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his qualification; such a man will be careful not to be wearisome, and to keep his point, or his catastrophe, well in hand.
James Payn
In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.
Arthur Schopenhauer
It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions.
Charles Edward Merriam
The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.
George Savile
The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error.
Hannah Arendt
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
Stendhal
Copyright © 2001 - 2012 BrainyQuote
BookRags Media Network