Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men
have got into the round read more

The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men
have got into the round holes, and the round into the square.

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.

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.

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

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.]

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

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

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