Ability Quotes

Education is not the accumulation of knowledge, but the ability to find it.

Believing that you can move mountains sometimes is more important than actually having the ability to do so.

The less their ability, the more their conceit.

The challenges and how we deal with them: that's what defines us. Problems don't define us; it's our ability to overcome and transform.

Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility in the final analysis. The one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.

Art is not living. It is the use of living. The artist has the ability to take the living and use it in a certain way and produce art.

Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.

The feel of the experience is the important thing, not the ability to verbalize or analyze it.

Luck is not a magical ability or a gift from the gods. Instead, it is a way of thinking and behaving.

Comedy is an ability to observe and see what's funny in a situation and be able to forget yourself enough to do it.

Adversity is a good test of our resiliency, our ability to cope, to stand back up, to recover from misfortune. Adversity is a painful pedagogue.

I believe my most important skill is an ability to perceive patterns in the market. I think this aptitude for pattern recognition is probably related to my heavy involvement with music.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace.

I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. And when you've done the best you can, you can't do any better.

One of the marks of maturity is the ability to disagree without becoming disagreeable

The only quality needed for an MP is the ability to write a good letter.

We have the ability to create choice by altering our interpretations of the world.

The ability to make a truly artistic photograph is not acquired off-hand, but is the result of an artistic instinct coupled with years of labor.

The ability to work hard for days on end without losing focus is a talent. The ability to keep absorbing new information after many hours of study is a talent.

The key to pitching is to have the ability to throw a strike when they're taking and throw a ball when the hitter is swinging.

Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself.

The value of art is its ability to look into the "world of oblivion" and to find things that are generally unrecognized, forgotten, invisible and impossible to tell.

Learning in the arts requires the ability and a willingness to surrender to the unanticipated possibilities of the work as it unfolds.

Responsibility is the ability to respond.

Success in life is the ability to move from one mistake to another without loosing enthusiasm.

He is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude.

Bravery is not the absence of fear. Bravery is the ability to operate effectively even while totally terrified.

Art has always had as its test in the long term the ability to speak to our innermost selves.

Without the ability to visualize a goal and believe it will be reached, nothing of substance will be achieved. Not by anybody. Not at any time. Not in any place.

Humans have made a huge hole in nature in the last 10,000 years. [With de-extinction,] we have the ability now, and maybe the moral obligation, to repair some of the damage.

Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, "Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary".

The true genius of a great manager is his or her ability to individualize. A great manager is one who understands how to trip each person's trigger.

The grace of God is infinite and beyond our ability to measure. His grace has no beginning and therefore no end.

Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment.

Communism deprives no man of the ability to appropriate the fruits of his labour. The only thing it deprives him of is the ability to enslave others by means of such appropriations.

One of the best skills of an entrepreneur is the ability to question. By asking new questions, new answers are found.

It is simply not consistent with either my character or my confidence in my God-given athletic ability to cheat in any way.

The best antidote to stress is resilience... having the ability to respond to change or adversity proactively and resourcefully.

What I love about kids is there innate ability to love unconditionally - we can all learn from this

I played the game one way. I gave it everything I had. It doesn't take any ability to hustle.

An extended school day gives administrators the ability to ensure children get a well-rounded education.

I admire Obama, and I like him. I think he has a great deal of talent. He should be applauded for his eloquence and for his ability to motivate millions.

When tea becomes ritual, it takes place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things.

Chess, like any creative activity, can exist only through the combined efforts of those who have creative talent, and those who have the ability to organize their creative work

The best indicator of a Chess Player's form is his ability to sense the Climax of the game.

As the strong man exults in his physical ability, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action, so glories the analyst in that moral activity which disentangles.

The belief that you have a great idea is not worth cuckoo spit. Ideas are ten a penny while the ability to execute counts for a great deal more.

We see this as a test of their ability to face reality.

The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time.

A real leader has the ability to motivate others to their highest level of achievement; then gives them the opportunity and the freedom to grow.