Quotes About Ability

doesn't matter that she shouldn't, that she never would. What matters is that she could, if she wanted. The power to hurt is a kind of wealth.

every measure of talent brings with it nine measures of work.

What matters is that she could, if she wanted. The power to hurt is a kind of wealth.

It doesn't matter that she shouldn't, that she never would. What matters is that she could, if she wanted.

Let the path be open to talent.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

My maxim was, la carrière est ouverte aux talents [the road is open to the talented], without distinction of birth or fortune.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity, and it is fortunate that mediocrity can act only according to routine. Ability takes its flight unhindered.

All great events hang by a hair. The man of ability takes advantage of everything and neglects nothing that can give him a chance of success; whilst the less able man sometimes loses everything by neglecting a single one of those chances.

My maxim was, la carrière est ouverte aux talents, without distinction of birth or fortune.

Knowledge is only potential power.

Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse

Confidence is a sense of certainty about your ability, which allows you to bypass conscious thought and execute unconsciously.

a sense of certainty about your ability, which allows you to bypass conscious thought and execute unconsciously.

a sense of certainty—that feeling of having complete faith . . . about your ability—that you can do something or that you know something . . . which allows you to bypass conscious thought—so well you don't have to think about it . . . and execute unconsciously—so you perform it automatically and instinctively.

Confidence is that feeling that you can do something (or that you know something) so well you don't have to think about how to do it when you're doing it. That skill or knowledge is in you, it's part of you, and it will come out when needed if you let it.

My talent was the uncompromising ability to feel spite.

Talent was not rare; the ability to survive having it was.

In fact, the assumption that smartness is something you "have" had led to such nonsensical terms as over-and underachievers.

It was not lack of ability that limited my people, but lack of opportunity.

Running taught me valuable lessons. Training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.

Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did. Even as a student, I saw many young men who had great natural ability, but who did not have the self-discipline and patience to build on their endowment.

It was not a lack of ability that limited my people, but lack of opportunity.