Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.

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.

We rate ability in men by what they finish, not by what they attempt

We rate ability in men by what they finish, not by what they attempt

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

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

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.

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.]

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.

Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.

Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.