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One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy. (Quote by - Marcus Fabius Quintilian)

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. (Quote by - Marcus T. Cicero)

Ability in a man is knowledge which emanates from divine light (Quote by - Zoroaster)

Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action. (Quote by - Orison Swett Marden)

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. (Quote by - Thomas Huxley)

To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life. (Quote by - T.S. Elliot)

No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation. (Quote by - Orison Swett Marden)

The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage (Quote by - Peter Senge)

For the American Indian, the ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things sacred. (Quote by - Paula Gunn Allen)

The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some urge to fit that service into the well-being of the community - these are the most vital things that education must try to produce. (Quote by - Virginia Gildersleeve)

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles. (Quote by - Henry David Thoreau)

Americans are now certifiably insane. They are crazy... They have lost their own ability to discern right from wrong. [Say what you think then!] (Quote by - Joseph Farah)

In a democratic society we must live cooperatively, and serve the community in which we live, to the best of our ability. For our own success to be real, it must contribute to the success of others. (Quote by - Eleanor Roosevelt)

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. (Quote by - George Herbert)

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability. (Quote by - Marcus T. Cicero)

My acting ability would have sent me back to the post office. It was my singing that got me jobs. Ironically, now, people think of me as an actor and don't know me much as a singer. (Quote by - Robert Guillaume)

The carpenter is not the best who makes more chips than all the rest. (Quote by - Arthur Guiterman)

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill. (Quote by - Charles Caleb Colton)

Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. (Quote by - John Dryden)

Investing is not as tough as being a top-notch bridge player. All it takes is the ability to see things as they really are. (Quote by - Warren Buffett)

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. (Quote by - Theodore Roosevelt)

My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it.' sss (Quote by - Barack Obama)

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. (Quote by - F Scott Fitzgerald)

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other. (Quote by - Douglas Everett)

Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work. (Quote by - John G. Pollard)

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