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The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
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.
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.]
People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.
People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.
From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.
From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect It's successful read more
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect It's successful outcome
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.
Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.
