| Author |
Quotes |
| Edward Gibbon | The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. |
| Edward Hand | From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned. |
| Elbert Hubbard | It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test. |
| Elbert Hubbard | There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. |
| English Proverb | Everyone must row with the oars he has. |
| Francis Bacon | Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study. |
| Gail Hamilton | Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest. |
| George Bernard Shaw | Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. |
| George Herbert | A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two. |
| George Herbert | Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. |
| Glenn Ford | If they try to rush me, I always say, I've only got one other speed and it's slower. |
| Henry David Thoreau | He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles. |
| Henry David Thoreau | I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. |
| Henry Ford | It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history. |
| Henry Ford | The question "Who ought to be boss?" is like as "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor. |
| Homer | A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much. |
| Horace Walpole | Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent. |
| James A Froude | As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities. |
| James Anthony Froude | As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities. |
| James Anthony Froude | There is no need to show your ability before everyone. |
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