Ability Quote by Samuel Johnson

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.

— James Russell Lowell

No man, however enslaved to his appetites, or hurried by his passions, can, while he preserves his intellects unimpaired, please himself with promoting the…

— Samuel Johnson

Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.

— Mencius

Therefore, the truly great man, although he does not injure others, does not credit himself with charity and mercy (these are natural to him).…

— Zhuangzi

Every man is indeed bound to do what he can to promote the good of others, and a man who is of no use…

— Rene Descartes

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself, who would not exchange the finest show for the…

— James Russell Lowell

A man can do anything he wants to do in this world, at least if he wants to do it badly enough.

— E. W. Scripps

There is nothing more precious to a man than his will; there is nothing which he relinquishes with so much reluctance.

— J. G. Holland

No man is much good unless he believes in God and obeys His laws.

— Robert Baden-Powell

I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.

— Abraham Lincoln

No man is entirely worthless, he can always serve as a bad example.

— Brian Oldfield

The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing

— Blaise Pascal