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“Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.”
Francis Bacon
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The Essays of Francis Bacon
“It was not lack of ability that limited my people, but lack of opportunity.”
Nelson Mandela
,
Long Walk to Freedom
“What a weary time those years were—to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.”
Charles Bukowski
,
Ham on Rye
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
J. K. Rowling
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
“You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.”
Samuel Butler
,
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
“I try all things; I achieve what I can.”
Herman Melville
,
Moby-Dick
“I think I could, if I only know how to begin.”
Lewis Carroll
,
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
“Nothing can make it moral to destroy the best. One can't be punished for being good. One can't be penalized for ability.”
Ayn Rand
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Atlas Shrugged
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