~ Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture ~
~ To know how to hide one's ability is great skill. ~
~ Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good. ~
~ Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities. ~
~ Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. ~
~ Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. ~
~ Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study. ~
~ Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity. ~
~ The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of the age in which we live. ~
~ The ability to relate and to connect, sometimes in odd and yet striking fashion, lies at the very heart of any creative use of the mind, no matter in what field or discipline. ~
~ Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity. ~
~ If you have ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve it and use it? ~