Quotes about Expertise

Remember: the amateur works until he can get it right. The professional works until he cannot go wrong.

She had never done these things before; she did them expertly. She had a capacity for action, a competence that clashed incongruously with her appearance.

to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every craft.

If you really want to get good at anything, you've got to work at it for ten thousand hours.

The hard reality is that immersion works only when people are actually fluent in something.

You must know your faith with the same precision with which a specialist in information technology knows the operating system of a computer.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

Books to judicious compilers, are useful; to particular arts and professions, they are absolutely necessary; to men of real science, they are tools: but more are tools to them.

Our view of human problems determines who is qualified to speak to them. If sin is the primary human problem, then those with the theological and practical expertise in dealing with sin — in its varied and complex forms — should lead the way in the field of people-helping. Unless we have an accurate and robust conception of sin, the church will concede much of its work to outside professional and will be ill-equipped to cooperate with them when needed.

A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade.

If you cannot explain it simply, you do not understand it enough.

Every study of high achieving men and women proves that greatness in life is only possible when you become outstanding at your chosen field.