Selected Quotes about Ability
Ability is of little account without opportunity. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. -- Cicero
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations. -- William Feather
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. -- Malcolm Forbes
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. -- Malcolm Stevenson Forbes
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. -- Baltasar Gracian
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. -- Baltasar Gracian
Dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas. It is no coincidence that technically inept business types are known as "suits." -- Paul Graham
Nerds don't just happen to dress informally. They do it too consistently. Consciously or not, they dress informally as a prophylactic measure against stupidity. -- Paul Graham
We don't know who we are until we see what we can do. -- Martha Grimes
The less their ability, the more their conceit. -- Ahad HaAm
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly. -- Thomas H. Huxley
The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability. -- Tom Lehrer
As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given. -- Mary Lou Retton
It is a great ability to be able to conceal one's ability. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Martyrdom ... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability. -- George Bernard Shaw
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. -- Henry David Thoreau
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. -- John Wooden
Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. -- John Wooden
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