Natural Ability Quotes

• Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Education, Learning

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• Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.

  Zig Ziglar

  Life And Love, Congratulations, Entrepreneur

  Zig Ziglar (2012). “Inspiration from the Top”, p.154, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• 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.

  John Ruskin

  Mind, Want, Kind

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• It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  Attributed to Aristotle in "Religion and the Pursuit of Truth" by Lowell Lindsay Bennion, p. 52, 1959.

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• I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.202, Penguin

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• The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

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• Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Degrees, Solemnity, Found

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.7, University of Georgia Press

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• The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it put your whole soul into it-every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.

  John D. Rockefeller III

  Inspirational, Happiness, Success

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• Talent is a gift, but our character is a choice. Talent is natural ability, our gift from God, but we have the power to determine our character. That power rests on a foundation consisting of the choices we make in life. And those choices almost always dictate the amount of trust others have in us, and to what level of leadership we rise.

  John C. Maxwell

  Character, Choices, Foundation

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• At times we are thrown suddenly into positions that seem too big for us and for which we have little preparation. The Lord stimulates our growth this way.... The Lord blesses us far beyond our natural ability and experience. However, it has been my experience that he expects us to quickly exert ourselves and acquire the things we need. He gives us a little time to improve our management skills and detailed knowledge so that we don't have to rely upon him for everything. We'll always need inspiration in these areas we couldn't possibly understand without his help.

  Robert E. Wells

  Inspiration, Rely Upon, Management Skills

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• When we invite the Holy Ghost to fill our minds with light and knowledge, He "quickens" us, that is to say, enlightens and enlivens the inner man or woman. As a result we notice a measurable difference in our soul. We feel strengthened, filled with peace and joy. We possess spiritual energy and enthusiasm, both of which enhance our natural abilities. We can accomplish more than we otherwise could do on our own. We yearn to become a holier person.

  Keith K. Hilbig

  Spiritual, Men, Light

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• Our exclusive dependence on rational thought and language has obscured our natural ability to sense the flow of energy.

  Ilchi Lee

  Energy, Flow, Language

  Ilchi Lee (2002). “Brain Respiration: Making Your Brain Creative, Peaceful, and Productive”, p.49, Healing Society

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• People always told me that my natural ability and good eyesight were the reasons for my success as a hitter. They never talk about the practice, practice, practice.

  Ted Williams

  Motivational, Practice, People

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• Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.

  James Dyson

  Engineering, Design, Natural

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• Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and, where appropriate, profits.

  Edward de Bono

  Teamwork, Strong, Creativity

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• In opposition to the plenary ability taught by the Pelagians, the gracious ability of the Arminians, and the natural ability of the New School theologians, the Scriptures declare the total inability of the sinner to turn himself to God or to do that which is truly good in God's sight

  Augustus Hopkins Strong

  School, Sight, Scripture

  Augustus Hopkins Strong (2014). “Systematic Theology : Volume II (Illustrated)”, p.481, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Natural ability and educational advantages do not figure as factors in this matter of prayer; but a capacity for faith, the power of a thorough consecration, the ability of self-littleness, an absolute losing of one's self in God's glory and an ever present and insatiable yearning and seeking after all the fullness of God.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Prayer, Educational, Self

  Edward McKendree Bounds (1907). “Preacher and Prayer”

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• All I have is natural ability.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Natural, Ability

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• Despite a lack of natural ability, I did have the one element necessary to all early creativity: naïveté, that fabulous quality that keeps you from knowing just how unsuited you are for what you are about to do.

  Steve Martin

  Funny, Art, Creativity

  Steve Martin (2007). “Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life”, p.67, Simon and Schuster

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• If you give people tools, and they use their natural abilities and their curiosity, they will develop things in ways that will surprise you very much beyond what you might have expected.

  Bill Gates

  Work, People, Giving

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• The idea that the mind can extend even beyond the body is an intriguing one, and is bound to become more pressing as we increasingly develop technologies that augment our natural abilities.

  Julian Baggini

  Technology, Ideas, Mind

  "I think, therefore iPod" by Julian Baggini, www.theguardian.com. August 3, 2008.

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• It is said the warrior's is the twofold Way of pen and sword, and he should have a taste for both Ways. Even if a man has no natural ability he can be a warrior by sticking assiduously to both divisions of the Way.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Warrior, Men, Should Have

  Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.9, Bottom of the Hill

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• I think I have a natural ability to lead.

  Mark Sanchez

  Thinking, Natural, Ability

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• Physically the Celts are terrifying in appearance, with deep sounding and very harsh voices. In conversation they use few words and speak in riddles, for the most part hinting at things and leaving a great deal to be understood. They frequently exaggerate with the aim of extolling themselves and diminishing the status of others. They are boasters and threateners and given to bombastic self-dramatization, and yet they are quick of mind and with good natural ability for learning.

  Diodorus Siculus

  Self, Voice, Leaving

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• There were a lot of running backs as good as me. The real difference was that I could focus. I never laid back and relied on natural ability.

  Jim Brown

  Running, Real, Differences

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