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The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you read more
The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.
As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.
As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.
Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities.
Men take only their needs into consideration, never their 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.
You are a devil at everything, and there is no kind of thing in
the 'versal world but what read more
You are a devil at everything, and there is no kind of thing in
the 'versal world but what you can turn your hand into.
'Tis skill not strength that governs a ship.
'Tis skill not strength that governs a ship.
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to read more
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
Every person is responsible for all the good with the scope of
his abilities, and for no more, and read more
Every person is responsible for all the good with the scope of
his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is
the largest.
- Gail Hamilton (pseudonym of Mary Abigail Dodge),
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.