Quotes about Ability

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.

Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

Vision beyond your resources? Don't let fear dictate your decisions. If your vision is God-given, it will most definitely be beyond your ability and beyond your resources. The God who gives the vision is the same God who makes provision.

It is absurd to hold that a man should be ashamed of an inability to defend himself with his limbs, but not ashamed of an inability to defend himself with speech and reason; for the use of rational speech is more distinctive of a human being than the use of his limbs.

You seem to have powers that are hardly human

Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there

So far as the object of taxation is to raise a revenue for discharging the debts and defraying the expenses of the community, its operation should be adapted as much as possible to suit the burden with equal hand upon all in proportion with their ability of bearing it without oppression.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

I'm not gonna throw a Ryan Leaf bullet, but I've got a good enough arm, where I think it'll turn some heads and keep them interested.

Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.

There was not a man in the party but believed that with a little practice he could stand in a row, especially if there were others along;