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

Quote by William Feather

Topics: Ability Quotes

Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of...

Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of...

Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower

Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower

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.

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.

Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing,...

Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing,...

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...

If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.

If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.

Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.

Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.

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...

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but...

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but...

Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible

Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible

Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke

Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke

Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.

Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.

When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.

When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.

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...

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.

A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.

A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.

Every social injustice is not only cruel, but it is economic waste.

Every social injustice is not only cruel, but it is economic waste.

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.