People's beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities. Ability is not a fixed property; there is huge variablitiy in how you perform.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do one thing only.
You're not a product of your nature. That is your genetic makeup or your nurture, the things that have happened to you. Of course those things affect you powerfully, but they do not determine you.
It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using.
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
Natural abilities 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 abilities.
I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.
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