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    A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus
    keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.
    [Lat., Parvus pumilio, licet in monte constiterit; colossus
    magnitudinem suam servabit, etiam si steterit in puteo.]

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The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.

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I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural read more

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.

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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.]

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We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

by Stevie Wonder Found in: Ability Quotes,
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Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

by Malcolm S. Forbes Found in: Ability Quotes,
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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

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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.

by Homer Found in: Ability Quotes,
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The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.

by Orison Swett Marden Found in: Ability Quotes,
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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.

by John Gibson Lockhart Found in: Ability Quotes,
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