“First character, then ability.”— Shinichi Suzuki Related Quotes “The ability to take pleasure in one’s life is a skill and is a kind of intelligence. So intelligence is a hard thing to evaluate and it manifests itself in so many different ways. I do think the ability to know how to live a life and not be miserable is a sign of that.”— Todd Solondz “Ability is of little account without opportunity.”— Napoleon “More than ambition, more than ability, it is rules that limit contribution; rules are the lowest common denominator of human behavior. They are a substitute for rational thought.”— Hyman G. Rickover