"To know how to hide one's ability is great skill."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Ability, Skill

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"To know how to hide one's ability is great skill."

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"We are capable of greatness."

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"It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self."

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Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"You have divine abilities for a great mission."

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"What I do I do very well and what I don't do well I don't do at all."

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"We are capable of great works through the mighty power of the Holy Spirit."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"The fact is that America's weapons systems have made it impossible for anybody to confront it militarily. So, all you have is your wits and your cunning, and your ability to fight in the way the Iraqis are fighting."

Arundhati Roy, Indian Novelist

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"A book comes and says, "Write me." My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate."

Madeleine L'Engle, American Novelist

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"Talent is its own expectation, Jim: you either live up to it or it waves a hankie, receding forever."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

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