"The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled."

Ability, Man, May, Mind

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"The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled."

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"The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

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"I like to think of sales as the ability to gracefully persuade, not manipulate, a person or persons into a win-win situation."

Bo Bennett, American Businessman

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"We are all capable of being great dreamers."

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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"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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"The size of a fish does not determine its speed."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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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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"Abundance and vigor of automatic movements are desirable, and even a considerable degree of restlessness is a good sign in young children."

G. Stanley Hall, American Psychologist

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"You honor me greatly and beyond my ability as an individual but in so doing you honor my colleagues also who made possible the results you have cited."

Willard Libby, American Scientist

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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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"No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit."

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"The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%."

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