Starting with this famous quote by Karl Marx, “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs. ”
We have a compiled our collection of Motivational and inspirational quotes on Ability.

“Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.” ~ John Wooden

“You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.” ~ Zig Ziglar

“Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.” ~Malcolm S Forbes

“You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.”~ Rosalynn Carter

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” ~Helen Keller

“Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.”~ Zig Ziglar

“Pigmies placed on the shoulders of giants see more than the giants themselves.” ~Didacus Stella

“Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.” ~Malcolm S. Forbes

“As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we’ve been given.” ~Mary Lou Retton

“Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. ” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I add this also, that natural ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.” ~Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)

“Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities.” ~Napoleon Bonaparte

“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” ~Mother Teresa

“We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.” ~Stevie Wonder

“Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.” ~Chinese proverb

“When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.” ~Francis Bacon

“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm” ~Winston Churchill

“Ability is of little account without opportunity.” ~Napoleon Bonaparte

“No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.” ~Andrew Carnegie

“We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.” ~Abraham Maslow

“Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.” ~John Henry Newman