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Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.
A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.
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.
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
[Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher read more
To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
[Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher son
habilete.]
They are able because they think they are able.
They are able because they think they are able.
They are able because they think they are able.
[Lat., Possunt quia posse videntur.]
They are able because they think they are able.
[Lat., Possunt quia posse videntur.]
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.]