Aptitude Quotes
Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
"On the Road". Book by Anton Chekhov, December 25, 1886.
T. S. Eliot (2014). “Essays Ancient and Modern”, p.188, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
H. P. Lovecraft (2001). “The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories”, p.357, Penguin
The sea is selective, slow at recognition of effort and aptitude but fast in sinking the unfit.
"Living Again: An Autobiography".
Life has never interested me so much as the escape from life.
H. P. Lovecraft (2005). “H. P. Lovecraft: Tales”, p.1129, Library of America
Harvey Mackay (2011). “The Mackay MBA of Selling in the Real World”, Penguin
Denis Waitley (1986). “The Winner's Edge: The Critical Attitude of Success”, Berkley
Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing.
Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.20, Shambhala Publications
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2614, Delphi Classics