Ability Quote by Laura Cereta

Understanding the diversity of our gifts enables us to begin taking the crucial step of trusting each other.

— Max De Pree

“Crafty men condemn studies; Simple men admire them; And wise men use them: For they teach not their own use: but that is a…

— Francis Bacon

The thing is plain. All that men really understand, is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs and experience; to what…

— William Hazlitt

As the years progress, what women and men will discover is that the most lasting and rewarding educational experiences come not from specific information…

— Manning Marable

Every man is a valuable member of society, who, by his observations, researches, and experiments, procures knowledge for men.

— James Smithson

Men are so inclined to content themselves with what is commonest; the spirit and the senses so easily grow dead to the impressions of…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Instead of encouraging the student to devote himself to his studies for the sake of studying, instead of encouraging in him a real love…

— Karl Popper

It's always important to take time to study men -- important men. Friends and enemies.

— James Clavell

“The appropriate behavior for dignified gentlemen pursuing a learned pastime within the context of a humanistic community was to exchange willingly; gifts, not sales,…

— Anne Goldgar

“A man should begin with his own times. He should become acquainted first of all with the world in which he is living and…

— Henry Miller

At present, the most valuable gift which can be bestowed upon women is something to do which they can do well and worthily, and…

— James A. Garfield

Women are hungry for things of the Spirit, for truths that counter the slide of virtues all around them. Visiting teaching is a measure…

— Bonnie D. Parkin