Ability Quotes

Art has this ability to allow you to connect back through history in the same way that biology does. I'm always looking for source material.

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

Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer's ability to understand his fellow man.

Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.

I don't go by the ratings. I buy wine that tastes good. Statistically, anybody's ability to predict what will be a good wine a decade from now is limited.

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.

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

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.

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

Don't get discouraged: it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock. Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Ability has nothing to do with opportunity.

The fact that the poor are alive is clear proof of their ability.

Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

What would it be like to have not only color vision but culture vision, the ability to see the multiple worlds of others.

The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented. It was man's ability to invent which has made human society what it is.

One of the hallmarks of an evolved person is the ability to tell the truth with no fear of punishment or expectation of reward

Happiness is the ability to move forward, knowing the future will be better than the past.

Abundance is the ability to do what you need to do, when you need to do it.

It was nice that you guys have such a good sense of humor, because some people don't have the ability to laugh at something.

Winning is irrelevant when you’re 11 or 12 years old. It really is it. At youth tournaments, I look at the technical ability of the players. Whether the team wins or loses - I don’t care.

The Lord doesn't ask about your ability, only your availability; and, if you prove your dependability, the Lord will increase your capability.

In the big leagues everyone has ability. It always comes down to mind games. Who ever is more mentally strong-wins.

Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake.

The ability for a woman to orally satisfy somebody in a rock band, that's important to a rock 'n' roll musician.

My ability to throw a baseball was a gift. It was a God-given gift. And I am truly appreciative of that gift.

I don't know what frightens me more, the power that crushes us, or our endless ability to endure it.

Our ability to measure and apportion time affords an almost endless source of comfort.

One of the most important skills for political success is the ability to make confident assertions of absurdities or lies.

Great ability without discretion comes almost invariably to a tragic end

The strength of collective decision making and political responsibility is not only a question of recognizing other people's ability. It is also recognizing one's own limitations.

Good governance depends on ability to take responsibility by both administration as well as people.

We evolved the ability to communicate disappointment to teach those around us good manners

A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do, and like it.

Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes.

Fairness is man's ability to rise above his prejudices.

Character is the ability to follow through on a resolution long after the emotion with which it was made has passed.

Communism is a society where each one works according to his abilities and gets according to his needs.

Once any of us conclude- 'That's just the way I am,' we give up our ability to change.

Only free time, imagination, creativity, and an ability to disappear will help you deliver value that nobody ever delivered before in the history of mankind.

My God given talent is my ability to stick with training longer than anybody else.

The world's five thousand extant languages are products of our shared ability, but the five thousand cultures they create are separate from each other.

It, (creativity) requires an inclination to step into the unknown, as well as the ability to persist when there is no end in sight.

Ability to think, like the violin or piano, requires daily practice

When the most important decisions are made in secret, we lose our ability to check the powers that control.

Real love is always chaotic. You lose control; you lose perspective. You lose the ability to protect yourself. The greater the love, the greater the chaos. It’s a given and that’s the secret.

During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.

What one has to do usually can be done.

Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.

We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them...