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I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural read more
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus
keeps his height, even if he read more
A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus
keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.
[Lat., Parvus pumilio, licet in monte constiterit; colossus
magnitudinem suam servabit, etiam si steterit in puteo.]
He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out read more
He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
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 a poor man's wealth.
Ability is a poor man's wealth.
I shut my eyes in order to see.
I shut my eyes in order to see.
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.
