“The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee, and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.”

“The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.”

“The ability to learn is older — as it is also more widespread — than is the ability to teach.”

“...the theory that a person has a right in dealing with his fellows to take advantage of his superior abilities is nothing other than a slightly more roundabout expression of the doctrine that might is right.”

“I have endeavoured to show that the ability to pay taxes depends, not on the gross money value of the mass of commodities, nor on the net money value of the revenue of capitalists and landlords, but on the money value of each man's revenue compared to the money value of the commodities which he usually consumes.”

“People fail to achieve goals not because of lack of abilities, but because of lack of determination. (any ability can be learned).”

“A society that put more emphasis on birth than ability was likely to breed ability out of its ruling class.”

“It's a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.”

“Deal-making is an ability you're born with. It's in the genes.”

“Happiness is not the absence of problems; it's the ability to deal with them.”