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Definition of Skill
Skill
Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.

Knowledge; understanding.

The familiar knowledge of any art or science, united with readiness and dexterity in execution or performance, or in the application of the art or science to practical purposes; power to discern and execute; ability to perceive and perform; expertness; aptitude; as, the skill of a mathematician, physician, surgeon, mechanic, etc.

Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.

Any particular art.

To know; to understand.

To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.

To make a difference; to signify; to matter; -- used impersonally.

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Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.
Ralph Marston

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.
Henry David Thoreau

For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
Sun Tzu

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.
Henry Ford

As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.
Helen Keller

Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don't feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace.
Jim Rohn

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.
Peter Drucker

Masochism is a valuable job skill.
Chuck Palahniuk

Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.
Ambrose Bierce

Force has no place where there is need of skill.
Herodotus



Skill Translations
skill in German is Geschicklichkeit, Geschick, Geschick
skill in Italian is sorte, disinvoltura
skill in Latin is scientia, usus
skill in Spanish is primor, ama o
skill in Swedish is skicklighet


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