Penmanship Quotes:

A man's penmanship is an unfailing index of his character, moral and mental, and a criterion by which to judge his peculiarities of taste and sentiments.

- Bill Vaughan

topic: Character, Men, Judging, Penmanship

I saw that bad handwriting should be regarded as a sign of an imperfect education.

- Mahatma Gandhi

source: Mahatma Gandhi (1948). “Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth”, p.13, Courier Corporation

topic: Handwriting, Saws, Imperfect, Penmanship

In my day the schools taught two things, love of country and penmanship-now they don't teach either.

- Cleveland Amory

topic: Country, School, Two, Penmanship

A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting.

- Christian Dior

source: "Saving the Whales". Book by D. R. Schneider (p. 77), September 1, 2008.

topic: Love, Fashion, Women, Fashionista, Penmanship

I can write with absolutely perfect penmanship with my feet. If I broke both my arms, I could still write a girl a love letter using just my toes.

- Ian Somerhalder

topic: Girl, Writing, Feet, Penmanship

After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not my forte.

- Vernon L. Smith

topic: School, Cities, Achievement, Primary School, Penmanship

Sold my soul to the devil / for nice penmanship. / Now I write real pretty / but I'm starting to regret it.

- Dan Mangan

topic: Regret, Nice, Real, Penmanship

You are undoubtedly acquainted with my Reputation, and as for my Penmanship it must speak for itself; this is to desire your Approbation to keep a public school.

- Eli Whitney

topic: School, Desire, Reputation, Penmanship

The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.

- Ralph Hodgson

source: Ralph Hodgson (1961). “Collected Poems”, London, Macmillan

topic: Wall, May, Handwriting, Forgery, Penmanship

God is busy with the completion of your work, both outwardly and inwardly. He is fully occupied with you. Every human being is a work in progress that is slowly but inexplicably moving toward perfection. We are each an unfinished work of art both waiting and striving to be completed. God deals with each of us separately because humanity is a fine art of skilled penmanship where every single dot is equally important for the entire picture.

- Shams Tabrizi

topic: Art, Moving, Unfinished Work, Penmanship

In the beginning of the 19th century, maybe forty percent of women and fifty percent of men could produce a signature, which meant that they'd had at least three years of education because it was in third grade that people started penmanship in the 19th century. And of course black people could get killed if they got caught teaching themselves to read in some parts of the country.

- Robert Hass

source: Source: www.guernicamag.com

topic: Country, Teaching, Men, Third Grade, Penmanship

There's life for you. Spend the best years of your life studying penmanship and rhetoric and syntax and Beowulf and George Eliot, and then somebody steals your pencil.

- Dorothy Parker

topic: Best Years Of Your Life, Syntax, Study, Penmanship, Eliot

I'm suprised he doesn't send Christmas cards," Antonio said. "I can see them now. Tasteful, embossed veilum cards, the best he can steal. Little notes in perfect penmanship,"Happy holidays. Hope everyone is well. I sliced up Ethan Ritter in Miami and scattered his remains in the Atlantic. Best wishes for the new year. Karl.

- Kelley Armstrong

source: Kelley Armstrong (2012). “Werewolves: Book One: Bitten, Stolen and Beginnings”, p.131, Vintage Canada

topic: New Year, Holiday, Years, Best Wishes, Antonio