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

Ability, Ambition, Tragedy

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

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"We are capable of greatness."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored."

Dean Koontz, American Author

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"Talent can be a nice thing to have sometimes. You look good, attract attention, and if you're lucky, you make some money. Women flock to you. In that sense, having talent's preferable to having none. But talent only functions when it's supported by a tough, unyielding physical and mental focus. All it takes is one screw in your brain to come loose and fall off, or some connection in your body to break down, and your concentration vanishes, like the dew at dawn. If talent's the foundation you rely on, and yet it's so unreliable that you have no idea what's going to happen to it the next minute, what meaning does it have?"

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"You have divine abilities for a great mission."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

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"If your education, talent and capacity can do nothing; your body can do lots of things."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

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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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"We all have ability. The difference is how we use it."

Charlotte Whitton, Canadian Politician

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"The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting."

Ovid, Roman Poet

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