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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
Woman's inaptitude for reasoning has not prevented her from arriving at truth; nor has man's ability to reason prevented him from floundering in absurdity.
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. The sternest comment that can be made against employers as a class lies in the fact that men of Ability usually succeed in showing their worth in spite of their employer, and not with his assistance and encouragement.
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Self-control is the ability to restrain a laugh at the wrong place.
When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that...the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
The difference in men does not lie in the size of their hands, nor in the perfection of their bodies, but in this one sublime ability of concentration: to throw the weight in one blow, to live eternity in an hour.
The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.
Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.
Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal.
Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time.
Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.
The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They're realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks.
Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.
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A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.