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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.
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
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.]
Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.
Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.
I add this also, that natural ability without education has
oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education read more
I add this also, that natural ability without education has
oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without
natural ability.
[Lat., Etiam illud adjungo, saepius ad laudem atque virtutem
naturam sine doctrina, quam sine natura valisse doctrinam.]
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
They are able because they think they are able.
They are able because they think they are able.
