“There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. The sternest comment that can be made against employers as a class lies in the fact that men of Ability usually succeed in showing their worth in spite of their employer, and not with his assistance and encouragement.”

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

“When I believe in my ability to do something, there is no such word as no.”

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

“Not every child has an equal talent or an equal ability or equal motivation, but they should have the equal right to develop their talent and their ability and their motivation, to make something of themselves.”

“Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over.”

“I don’t have a job - I have a career. This may sound like semantics, (maybe it is) but to me a job is something you depend on from an employer. It’s theirs to give and theirs to take away... A career is something i have to be responsible for based on my reputation, my ability, and my preferences.”

“There's something else there as well, something entirely her own. An ability to look into the confusing mess of life and see things for what they are.”

“My talent was the uncompromising ability to feel spite.”

“Activists have been encouraged by his ability to listen, learn and change...”