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Quotes About Capability

In former days the Earl had been a man quite capable of making himself disagreeable, and probably had not yet lost the power of doing so. Of all our capabilities this is the one which clings longest to us.
~ Anthony Trollope
That is to say, we think you cannot do so. People can do so many things that they don't think they can do; and can't do so many things that they think that they can do!
~ Anthony Trollope
And that's about the finest ambition by which a man can be moved," said the Duke. "The man who can manage the purse-strings of this country can manage anything.
~ Anthony Trollope
Perhaps he may, sir. There's no knowing what a 'orse can carry till he's tried.
~ Anthony Trollope
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~ Antony Beevor
One should not study what is best, but also what is possible, and similarly what is easier and more attainable by all.
~ Aristotle
Dialectic as a whole, or of one of its parts, to consider every kind of syllogism in a similar manner, it is clear that he who is most capable of examining the matter and forms of a syllogism will be in the highest degree a master of rhetorical argument
~ Aristotle
Happiness is the exercise of talent, along the lines of excellence.
~ Aristotle
Pero nadie pensaba que llegaría muy lejos, porque ni siquiera creo que fuera capaz de integrar e elevado a x. - ¿Es posible tal ignorancia? - preguntó alguien con asombro. - Puede que esté exagerando. Digamos x por e elevado a x.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
Nothing I have seen here in New Eden or on Earth suggests to me that humanity is capable of achieving harmony in its relationship with itself, much less with any other living creatures.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
His knowledge was greater than his wisdom, and his powers were far superior to his character.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
He was gifted with the special capability of making many mistakes, mostly in the right direction. I envied him for this and tried in vain to imitate him, but found it quite difficult to make good mistakes.
~ Simon Singh
all of the good-intentioners who wanted to 'do something for the common people' were insignificant, because the 'common people' were able to do things for themselves, and highly likely to, as soon as they learned the fact.
~ Sinclair Lewis
GIVE US THE TOOLS AND WE WILL FINISH THE WORK
~ SIR WINSOTN CHURCHILL
Mothers are multi-taskers.
~ Sophie Kinsella
There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.
~ Soren Kierkegaard
In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
There is a Japanese proverb that literally goes 'Raise the sail with your stronger hand', meaning you must go after the opportunities that arise in life that you are best equipped to do.
~ Soichiro Honda
My ability is greater than my disability.
~ Nikki Rowe
The more I accomplish, the more I know I'm capable of accomplishing.
~ Tawny Lara
Which people show you an attitude, they people have not an aptitude...
~ Dhiren Prajapati
Accuse not nature, she hath done her partDo thou but thine, and be not diffidentOf wisdom, she deserts thee not, if thouDismiss not her, when most thou needest her nigh,By attributing overmuch to thingsLess excellent, as thou thyself perceivest.
~ John Milton
Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.
~ John Ruskin
A great thing can only be done by a great person and they do it without effort.
~ John Ruskin