Broad Abilities

Famous quotes containing the words broad and/or abilities:

    “Tobacco and opium have broad backs, and will cheerfully carry the load of armies, if you choose to make them pay high for such joy as they give and such harm as they do.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “One never gets to know a person’s character better than by watching his behavior during decisive moments.... It is always only danger which forces the most deeply hidden strengths and abilities of a human being to come forth.”
    —Stefan Zweig (18811942)