Henning Mankell Quotes

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.

My problem is how to find the best way of being useful.

Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest.

Whether you're 9 or 90, stop trying to fix the things you're bad at, and focus on the things you're good at.

Know your strengths and take advantage of them.

It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody.

To use is necessary. And if you can't be used, then you're useless.

Most people think they know what they are good at. They are usually wrong... And yet, a person can perform only from strength.

Never allow the thought, 'I am of no use where I am.' You are certainly of no use where you're not.

Focus on your strengths.

It's not that we ignore our weaknesses; rather, we make our weaknesses irrelevant by working effectively with others so that we compensate for our weaknesses through their strengths and they compensate for their weaknesses through our strengths.

My time is far too valuable for me to spend any of it trying to improve myself.

I like people who can do things

He, who has blended the useful with the sweet, has gained every point .

When we know our strengths, we're more likely to use them.

Nobody cares if you're an idiot, as long as you're a useful one.

Accomplishing something provides the only real satisfaction in life.

Anyone I may have used should feel happy that they even had a use. It's better than being useless.

To use the hands in making quicklime into mortar is better than to cross them on the breast in attendance on a prince.

Being busy does not always mean real work.

It is not difficult to know a thing; what is difficult is to know how to use what you know

We don't get paid for being busy, we get paid for being right.

Do less of what you're terrible at and more of what you're good at. I don't know if that sounds too simple, but it's been working for me.

What is important is how much service you can give the world and how much you can get done and how much better you can make things.

An idea is worthless unless you use it.