Me Quotes

  • Natural ability 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 ability.

    —Schopenhauer

  • The possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a contempt for mere external show.

    —James A. Garfield

  • The measure of capacity is the measure of sphere to either man or woman.

    —Elizabeth Oakes Smith

  • Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more.

    —Gail Hamilton

  • The art of using moderate abilities to advantage wins praise, and often acquires more reputation than actual brilliancy.

    —La Rochefoucauld

  • Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.

    —Burke

  • Who does the best his circumstance allows, Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more.

    —Young

  • You are a devil at everything, and there is no kind of thing in the ‘versal world but what you can turn your hand to.

    —Cervantes

  • We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

    —Longfellow

  • To become an able man in any profession, there are three things necessary, nature, study, and practice.

    —Aristotle

  • Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.

    —Jean Paul Richter

  • I pride myself in recognizing and upholding ability in every party and wherever I meet it.

    —Beaconsfield

  • The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good.

    —Vauvenargues

  • An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions.

    —Chesterfield

  • Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and to conquer them.

    —Wendell Phillips

  • Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck that of the people.

    —La Rochefoucauld

  • Consider well what your strength is equal to, and what exceeds your ability.

    —Horace

  • The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

    —Gibbon

  • As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

    —Froude

  • Ability involves responsibility. Power to its last particle is duty.

    —Maclaren

  • Ability in a man is knowledge which emanates from divine light.

    —Zoroaster

  • Ability is a poor man’s wealth.

    —Matthew Wren

  • Ability is of little account without opportunity.

    —Napoleon I