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Ability Quotes

    “Passion is the thing that will help you create the highest expression of your talent.” ~ Larry Smith, via Talk Like TED

      “Most often people believe that the ‘gift’ is the ability itself.  Yet what feeds it is that constant, endless curiosity and challenge seeking.” ~ Carol Dweck, Mindset

        “It is not our abilities that show what we truly are… it is our choices.” ~ Harry Potter and the Chamber Of Secrets

          “We don’t know who we can be until we know what we can do.” ~ Ken Robinson, The Element

            “There is no man living who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.” ~ Henry Ford

              “What I need is someone who will make me do what I can.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

                “The difference between what we are doing and what we’re capable of doing would solve most of the world’s problems.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

                  “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

                    “The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.” ~ Edward Gibbon

                      “Everyone must row with the oars he has.” ~ English Proverb

                        “Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.” ~ John Wooden

                          “Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.” ~ John Wooden

                            “If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.” ~ Henry Ford

                              “We all have the ability, the difference is how we use it.” ~ Stevie Wonder

                                “The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work.” ~ Andrew Carnegie

                                  “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

                                    “The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.” ~ Channing Pollock

                                      “Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” ~ Lou Holtz

                                        “A man of ability and the desire to accomplish something can do anything.” ~ Donald Kircher