Ability Quote by John Ruskin

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they…

— Francis Bacon

Not recognizing natural mind is simply an example of the mind's unlimited capacity to create whatever it wants.

— Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

In the productions of the mind, as in those of the soil, the gifts of nature are excelled by industry and skill . . .

— Edward Gibbon

Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

A cultivated mind is one to which the fountains of knowledge have been opened, and which has been taught, in any tolerable degree, to…

— John Stuart Mill

Unlike physical progress, which is subject to natural restrictions, the qualities of the mind can be developed limitlessly.

— Dalai Lama

All I have is natural ability.

— Mickey Mantle

Nature seems to have treasured up the depth of our mind talents and abilities that we are not aware of; it is the privilege…

— Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

...we must be wary of granting too much power to natural selection by viewing all basic capacities of our brain as direct adaptations.

— Stephen Jay Gould

“Not all people get the same chance to cultivate and refine their abilities. Whether or not they have such an opportunity will usually depend…

— Yuval Noah Harari

When the mind knows its own value, it strives to establish itself in the right environment that supports its growth and development.

— Terry Mark