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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
 Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
 [Ger., Die Menschen gehen wie Schiesskugeln weiter, wenn sie 
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 Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
 [Ger., Die Menschen gehen wie Schiesskugeln weiter, wenn sie 
abgeglattet sind.] 
The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is read more
The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, read more
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.
 We shall generally find that the triangular person has got into 
the square hole, the oblong into the triangular, read more 
 We shall generally find that the triangular person has got into 
the square hole, the oblong into the triangular, and a square 
person has squeezed himself into the round hole. 
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.