Aptitude Quotes

102 quotes by 89 authors

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely. — Marcus Aurelius
Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it. — Anton Chekhov
The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude.… — Denis Waitley
Your attitude is more important that your aptitude. — Zig Ziglar
In the discovery of lemmas the best aid is a mental aptitude for it. For we may see many who are quick at solutions and… — Proclus
Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with… — Nelson Mandela
The first [quality] to be named must always be the power of attention, of giving one's whole mind to the patient without the interposition of… — Wilfred Trotter
Being in your element is not only about aptitude, it's about passion: it is about loving what you do...tapping into your natural energy and your… — Ken Robinson
In giving advice, aptitude is often less to be considered, than seasonableness. — Norm MacDonald
I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and… — Samuel Johnson
If there be an order in which the human race has mastered its various kinds of knowledge, there will arise in every child an aptitude… — Herbert Spencer
People who don't have the interest or aptitude for serious college studies at age 18 may find that later in life they do, but those… — George Leef
We must infer that a plant or animal of any species, is made up of special units, in all of which there dwells the intrinsic… — Herbert Spencer
Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has aptitude for it or not. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All my life I have dealt with objective matters; hence I lack both the natural aptitude and the experience to deal properly with people and… — Albert Einstein
Archery is something that I took up later and didn't know I had a natural aptitude for. — Geena Davis
I was a reader. I loved reading. Reading things gave me pleasure. I was very good at most subjects in school, not because I had… — Neil Gaiman
No one longs for what he or she already has, and yet the accumulated insight of those wise about the spiritual life suggests that the… — Barbara Brown Taylor
There is no such thing as a natural puncher. There is a natural aptitude for punching and that is different. Nobody is born the best.… — Cus D'Amato

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