I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face with truth, the good life lived in a small, various, highly articulate and democratic society.

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The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future,...

The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future,...

I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.

I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.

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...

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...

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.

Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.

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...

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...

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...

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do...

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do...

Instinct is untaught ability

Instinct is untaught ability

Some of these guys wear beards to make them look intimidating, but they don't look...

Some of these guys wear beards to make them look intimidating, but they don't look...

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...

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...

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

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

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

Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.

Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.

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...

The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President...

The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President...