Ability
Quotes
Next >>
Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability
There is no need to show your ability before everyone
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment
Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity
Ability is nothing without opportunity
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability
No man is without some quality, by the due application of which he might deserve well of the world; and whoever he be that has but little in his power should be in haste to do that little, lest he be confounded with him that can do nothing
Consider well what your strength is equal to, and what exceeds your ability
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
I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability
Search
On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays