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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Ability is a poor man's wealth.
Ability is a poor man's wealth.
Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way,
ought to give us ground to presume ability.
Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way,
ought to give us ground to presume ability.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
A Traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a
Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can read more
A Traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a
Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True,"
said he. "but every goose can."
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
They are able because they think they are able.
They are able because they think they are able.
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.