Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius--and a lot of courage--to move in the opposite direction.

Quote by E F Schumacker

Topics: Ability Quotes

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

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...

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

Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do...

Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do...

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not when Caligula's horse...

Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not when Caligula's horse...

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow...

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow...

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 -...

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may...

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may...

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

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

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...

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the...

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the...

The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do...

The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do...

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real...

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real...

If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage

If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage

'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.