Ability Quotes

“The price of ability does not depend on merit but on supply and demand.”

“We have more ability than will power, and it is often an excuse to ourselves that we imagine that things are impossible.”

“It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self.”

“We judge so superficially of things, that common words and actions spoke and done in an agreeable manner, with some knowledge of what passes in the world, often succeed beyond the greatest ability.”

“It requires no small degree of ability to know when to conceal one's ability.”

“Unused ability, like unused muscles, will atrophy.”

“Ability is not something to be saved, like money, in the hope that you can draw interest on it. The interest comes from the spending. Unused ability, like unused muscles, will atrophy. It is tragic to realize that the majority of human beings, even the so-called educated, call upon only the smallest fraction of their potential capacity. They leave many talents dormant. They fail to develop their mental qualities. They are almost unaware of the degree of energy upon which they might call to build a full and rewarding life.”

“The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.”

“There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.”

“It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.”

“There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. The sternest comment that can be made against employers as a class lies in the fact that men of Ability usually succeed in showing their worth in spite of their employer, and not with his assistance and encouragement.”

“Ability in man is an apt good, if it be applied to good ends.”

“You can't make a head and brains out of a brass knob with nothing in it. You couldn't do it when your uncle George was living much less when he's dead.”

“True achievement in any sphere of action depends upon real ability, and a strong, deep, whole-souled love.”