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Ability is a poor man's wealth.
Ability is a poor man's wealth.
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing or Harvard. We hire a man, not read more
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.
The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without read more
The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.
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.
As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.
As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.
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.]
One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance
of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no read more
One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance
of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
[Lat., Illud tamen in primis testandum est, nihil praecepta atque
artes valere nisi adjuvante natura.]
