The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.
Andrew Carnegie

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.
Andrew Carnegie

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Ability without honor is useless.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

The extraordinary exertions of the colonies, in cooperation with British measures, against the French, in the late war, were acknowledged by the British parliament to be more than adequate to their ability.
Mercy Otis Warren

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.
Samuel Johnson

When I think of vision, I have in mind the ability to see above and beyond the majority.
Charles R. Swindoll

Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.
Ezra Pound

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed - but never the husband).
James Thurber

Well, any effort to maximize your potential and ability is a good thing.
Daniel Goleman

If you are doing mindfulness meditation, you are doing it with your ability to attend to the moment.
Daniel Goleman

Mindful meditation has been discovered to foster the ability to inhibit those very quick emotional impulses.
Daniel Goleman

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.
Baltasar Gracian

Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.
Earl Wilson

Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously.
Earl Wilson

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.
Abdul Kalam

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
Abraham Maslow

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.
John D. Rockefeller

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.
Francis Bacon