When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must be highly gratifying to them. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness. (Quote by - Bertrand Russell)
Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely. (Quote by - Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Mr Brown is a politician of exceptional experience and ability, and I am sure he will discharge the office of Prime Minister with distinction (Quote by - Bertie Ahern)
Ability is of little account without opportunity. (Quote by - Napoleon Bonaparte)
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. (Quote by - Henry David Thoreau)
The really unhappy person is the one who leaves undone what they can do, and starts doing what they don't understand; no wonder they come to grief. (Quote by - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it. (Quote by - Charlotte Whitton)
Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Francis Bacon, Sr. . (Quote by - Francis Bacon, Sr. Quotes)
Graffiti is a pathetic attempt at anonymous recognition. (Quote by - Dale Adams)
If you count all your assets you always show a profit. (Quote by - Robert Quillen)
I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on. (Quote by - Samuel Goldwyn)
Success is the maximum utilisation of the ability that you have (Quote by - Zig Ziglar)
There are two kinds of totally unacceptable employees -- those who can't do what they're told and those who can't do anything else. (Quote by - Dale Adams)
The king is the man who can. (Quote by - Thomas Carlyle)
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. (Quote by - Josh Billings)
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. Winston Churchill . (Quote by - Winston Churchill Quotes)
Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one`s ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act. Andre Malraux . (Quote by - Andre Malraux Quotes)
He could raise scruples dark and nice, And after solve 'em in a trice; As if Divinity had catch'd The itch, on purpose to be scratched. (Quote by - Samuel Butler (1))
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life. Henry David Thoreau . (Quote by - Henry David Thoreau Quotes)
Genuine ignorance is profitable because it is likely to be accompanied by humility, curiosity, and open mindedness; whereas ability to repeat catch-phrases, cant terms, familiar propositions, gives the conceit of learning and coats the mind with varnish waterproof to new ideas. (Quote by - John Dewey)
The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability. Tom Lehrer . (Quote by - Tom Lehrer Quotes)
Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends. (Quote by - Sophie Tucker)
Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either. Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr. . (Quote by - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr. Quotes)
Wayne is truly blessed. He doesn't just have ability, he has a fire inside him (Quote by - Sir Alex Ferguson)