If there be anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a read more

If there be anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind, till we have surveyed it accurately on all sides.

Every person is responsible for all the good with the scope of
his abilities, and for no more, and read more

Every person is responsible for all the good with the scope of
his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is
the largest.
- Gail Hamilton (pseudonym of Mary Abigail Dodge),

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without read more

The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.

God does not ask about our ability, but our availability.

God does not ask about our ability, but our availability.

Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities.

Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the read more

Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most likely to stray from the course. Great abilities have always been less serviceable to the possessors than moderate ones.