I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.

Quote by Sir Edward Appleton

Topics: Ability Quotes, Skill Quotes

I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is...

I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is...

I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.

I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.

I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is...

I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is...

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.

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

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

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

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.

Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, Here is an...

Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, Here is an...

The ability to play the clarinet is the ability to overcome the imperfections of the...

The ability to play the clarinet is the ability to overcome the imperfections of the...

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

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

The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary...

The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary...

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

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...

Everyone excels in something in which another fails.

Everyone excels in something in which another fails.

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...

I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it...

I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it...

Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than...

Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than...

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without...

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without...

It is not my ability, but my response to Gods ability, that counts.

It is not my ability, but my response to Gods ability, that counts.

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no...

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no...

Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; and love by love.

Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; and love by love.