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

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my...

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my...

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

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...

The ability to sign a cheque is the least reliable guide to a company's fitness.

The ability to sign a cheque is the least reliable guide to a company's fitness.

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...

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 -...

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...

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge...

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge...

Ability without honor is useless.

Ability without honor is useless.

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

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

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...

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

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

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

Everyone excels in something in which another fails.

Everyone excels in something in which another fails.

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...