There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens.

To be granted some kind of usable talent and to be able to use it to the fullest extent of which you are capable—this, to me, is a kind of joy that is almost unequaled.

Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.

Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

The question, 'Who ought to be boss?' is like asking 'Who ought to be the tenor in a quartet?' Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.