People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.

People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.

Behind every able man, there are always other able men.

Behind every able man, there are always other able men.

Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.

Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

He'll find a way.

He'll find a way.

The question "Who ought to be boss?" is like as "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, read more

The question "Who ought to be boss?" is like as "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to read more

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

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.]

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.