Elbert Hubbard - Ability Quotes

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A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

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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.

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Woman's inaptitude for reasoning has not prevented her from arriving at truth; nor has man's ability to reason prevented him from floundering in absurdity.

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The difference in men does not lie in the size of their hands, nor in the perfection of their bodies, but in this one sublime ability of concentration: to throw the weight in one blow, to live eternity in an hour.

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

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The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

Elbert Hubbard