Words matter. These are the best Aptitude Quotes from famous people such as Orison Swett Marden, Lawrence O’Donnell, Eddie Guerrero, Suresh Gopi, Patti Smith, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Existence is the privilege of effort, and when that privilege is met like a man, opportunities to succeed along the line of your aptitude will come faster than you can use them.
I majored in economics in college. Certain things were just out, like chemistry or biology, or science or math, that was just out of the question. That’s just an aptitude impossibility, I couldn’t have done it.
I’ve always had an aptitude for wrestling. I can’t explain it – it’s like a gift. To this day, I don’t always know how or why I do certain things.
Yes, I have political aptitude and attitude too.
Artists, musicians, scientists – if you have any kind of visionary aptitude, it’s often something that you don’t have a choice in. You have to do it.
I had the vocation for politics. What I didn’t have was any aptitude for political combat. I took the attacks personally, which is a great mistake. It’s never personal: It’s just business. It was ever thus.
I really think some people have an aptitude for being parents while others don’t.
For ten years, I went to piano lessons. I don’t think I’m a very musical person, and the theory quite defeated me, but I had a freak aptitude for Debussy and Ravel.
It was just as well I found acting because I had no aptitude for anything else.
I’ve known ambitious people with no aptitude for the thing they did. Most of whom, rather terrifyingly, tended to succeed.
Always play to your strengths, whether your strengths are gender-based or just natural aptitude.
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
Today’s students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude.
Nobody gets to be good at something without effort, no matter what your aptitude is.
I must have been born with a strong attraction toward, and possibly even an aptitude for, doing things on a small scale.
Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.
The thought of dancing scared me. A lot. Because I have absolutely no aptitude for it.
Scientists tend to come in two stripes: those who have tremendous appetite and aptitude for the details, and those who illuminate the big picture. Sagan was definitely in the latter category, and he was profoundly good at it. He made connections that others did not have the intellectual breadth or courage to make.
I have huge respect for the musical aptitude and intellect of listeners in India. They appreciate genuine, quality music.
In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music.
I cannot transfer my abilities to anyone, but I can think of quicker ways with which to help people develop numerical aptitude.
People often assume that the same approach will work for everyone, that the same habits will work for everyone, and that everyone has the same aptitude and appetite for forming habits, but from my observation, that’s not true.
There are actually no political aspirations. I think you need to have the right attitude and aptitude for it. I don’t think I have the right aptitude for it. I think it is unfair to push somebody in that direction just because my father happens to be a politician.
I played sports because I think it’s mandatory in the greater Boston area regardless of your aptitude. It’s like, well, what else would you be doing?
The important thing is when you look at areas like physics and you realise that only one in five A-level students is a girl. We know it isn’t about aptitude.
