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The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men
have got into the round read more
The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men
have got into the round holes, and the round into the square.
To the very last, he [Napolean] had a kind of idea, that, namely,
of "la carriere ouverte aux talents"--the read more
To the very last, he [Napolean] had a kind of idea, that, namely,
of "la carriere ouverte aux talents"--the tools to him that can
handle them.
If you count all your assets you always show a profit.
If you count all your assets you always show a profit.
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.
Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.
I add this also, that natural ability without education has
oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education read more
I add this also, that natural ability without education has
oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without
natural ability.
[Lat., Etiam illud adjungo, saepius ad laudem atque virtutem
naturam sine doctrina, quam sine natura valisse doctrinam.]
The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the read more
The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains
Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, "Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate read more
Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, "Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.