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“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
“You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.” Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
“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, Atlas Shrugged
“a person doesn't die when he should but when he can.” Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
“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
“A man with a bum knee really shouldn't have to carry the future of the world on his back. ” Stephen King, 11/22/63
“Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

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