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Everyone must row with the oars he has.
Everyone must row with the oars he has.
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.
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
To the very last, he [Napolean] had a kind of idea, that, namely,
of "la carriere ouverte aux talents"--the read more
To the very last, he [Napolean] had a kind of idea, that, namely,
of "la carriere ouverte aux talents"--the tools to him that can
handle them.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can read more
Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
If you can't learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly.
If you can't learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly.
The question "Who ought to be boss?" is like as "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, read more
The question "Who ought to be boss?" is like as "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.
