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

Quote by William Feather

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Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no...

Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no...

Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.

Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.

Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal...

Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal...

An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.

An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.

If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.

If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.

Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at...

Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at...

Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.

Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.

Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful

Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful

Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we've got

Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we've got

If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and...

If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and...

Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.

Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying...

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying...

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity...

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity...

Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.

Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.

The philosophy behind much advertising is based on the old observation that every man is...

The philosophy behind much advertising is based on the old observation that every man is...

The best sermon is preached by the minister who has a sermon to preach and...

The best sermon is preached by the minister who has a sermon to preach and...

Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at...

Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at...

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen...

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen...

Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the...

Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the...