We rate ability in men by what they finish, not by what they attempt.

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Many people doubt their ability, but few have any misgivings about their importance.

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Executive ability is a talent for deciding something quickly and getting someone else to do it.

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The remarkable thing about most of us is our ability to live beyond our means.

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There may be luck in getting a good job- but there is no luck in keeping it.

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Be big enough to admit and admire the abilities of people who are better than you are.

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Jonathan Ogden Armour, the only surviving son of Civil War-era industrialist Philip Danforth Armour, was an American meatpacking magnate.

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