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Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.
There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.
The single most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up and walk away from the read more
The single most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up and walk away from the table without a deal
A Traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a
Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can read more
A Traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a
Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True,"
said he. "but every goose can."
If there be anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a read more
If there be anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind, till we have surveyed it accurately on all sides.
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.
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.]
The carpenter is not the best who makes more chips than all the rest.
The carpenter is not the best who makes more chips than all the rest.