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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.
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.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.
From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.
One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance
of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no read more
One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance
of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
[Lat., Illud tamen in primis testandum est, nihil praecepta atque
artes valere nisi adjuvante natura.]
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.
