A genius can't be forced; nor can you make an ape an alderman.

Quote by Thomas Somerville

Topics: Ability Quotes, Funny Quotes

Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities -...

Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities -...

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is...

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is...

Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick...

Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability

The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability

No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a...

No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a...

Ability is sexless.

Ability is sexless.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use...

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use...

The ability to relate and to connect, sometimes in odd and yet striking fashion, lies...

The ability to relate and to connect, sometimes in odd and yet striking fashion, lies...

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to...

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to...

We rate ability in men by what they finish, not by what they attempt

We rate ability in men by what they finish, not by what they attempt

If you give people tools, [and they use] their natural ability and their curiosity, they...

If you give people tools, [and they use] their natural ability and their curiosity, they...

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice

If you have ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve...

If you have ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve...

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am...

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am...

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.