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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
[Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher read more
To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
[Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher son
habilete.]
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
'Tis skill not strength that governs a ship.
'Tis skill not strength that governs a ship.
Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.
Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.
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.]
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."
