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Letter "A" » Ability
«Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.»
«Success is that old ABC -- ability, breaks, and courage.»
«Some of these guys wear beards to make them look intimidating, but they don't look so tough when they have to deliver the ball. Their abilities and their attitudes don't back up their beards.»
«There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.»
«Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.»
«Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.»
«There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.»
«Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.»
«The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.»
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«Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.»