Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there read more

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out read more

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.

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

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

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.]

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.