Thousands of Quotations!

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

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

“As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we’ve been given.” - Mary Lou Retton

“Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.” - Orison Swett Marden

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook [...]

“Men are in numberless instances qualified for certain things, for no other reason than because they are qualified for nothing else.” - William Hazlitt

“We don’t know who we are until we see what we can do.” - Martha Grimes

“Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.” - Baltaser Gracian

“Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.” - Malcolm Stevenson Forbes

“A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.” - William Feather