Ability Quotes

If we must “feel” God's presence before we believe he is with us, we again reduce God to our ability to grasp him, making him an idol instead of acknowledging him as God.

We have the ability to approach our race like ants, or we have the ability to approach our race like crabs.

No one has the ability, that I'm aware of, to do anything supernatural, psychic, talk to the dead.

Confidence is something you acquire in yourself by believing in self ability with courage and conviction.

Your whole life you are really writing one book, which is an attempt to grasp the consciousness of your time and place– a single book written from different stages of your ability.

Ability without honor is useless.

As soon as you move one step up from the bottom, your effectiveness depends on your ability to reach others through the spoken and written word.

Remember - no limitation can be placed on you by any one but yourself. With your imagination you have a unique ability to draw on an infinite source of supply. There is power in thought.

He is a great leader by example. Someone whom I have always admired for his ability to remain balanced and have the sense of equanimity about his captaincy.

Wishes are premonitions of abilities.

The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.

The most important thing a writer can have [is] the ability to live with the constant loneliness and a strong sense of revulsion for the banalities of everyday socializing.

My distinguishing talent is the ability to put people under the microscope, perhaps to go one or two layers farther down than some other directors.

I consider my musical ability to be a gift from the Creator. It's not that I try to work hard or nothing like that, it's a gift, it was given to me, and I appreciate it.

God is faithful and true. Confess your inability and His ability, and keep your eyes on Him.

What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.

This is the darkest hour before dawn and we should never underestimate monetary authorities' ability to deal with the adversity.

Staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps.

It's great to be recognized for work, and the work is great, but once you have the awards, it becomes less important. It just gives you the ability to do better work, in my opinion.

The willingness to do creates the ability to do.

The ability to solve problems or to create products that are valued within one or more cultural settings.

Bringing together the right information with the right people will dramatically improve a company's ability to develop and act on strategic business opportunities.

I think some bands thrive on the idea of changing instruments. When they're off their real instrument, the ability to go very far from the original idea is reduced.

The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from the beasts.

Our technology has already outstripped our ability to control it.

There is a lot of dignity in having the ability to confront the inconsequence of reality.

Your greatest asset is your earning ability. Your greatest resource is your time.

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.

Humans have the remarkable ability to get exactly what they must have. But there is a difference between a 'must' and 'want'.

The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to what he really possesses.

My ability to keep cool in a crisis is based entirely on not knowing all the facts.

Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.

The highest art of professional management requires the literal ability to 'smell' a 'real fact' from all others.

I didn't have any problem bonding with Honey, but I was plagued with insecurities about my ability to bring up my baby.

Everything is given by God. All talent, creativity, ability, insight, and strength comes from him. In our own strength we can do nothing.

The most sinister aspect of Jack is his detachment, his ability to distance himself from his feelings.

Your number one skill as a leader is the ability to influence

This ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows.

The mark of an educated man is the ability to make a reasoned guess on the basis of insufficient information.

Whatever our background, culture or race, what rewards us most powerfully and consistently are the most deceptively simple abilities of all: the ability to be kind.

All of life is a risk; in fact we're not going to get out alive. Casualness leads to casualties. Communication is the ability to affect other people with words.

To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of the ability to unlearn old falsehoods.

The biggest barrier to dealing with climate change is us: our own attachment to habits that are hard to shift, and our great ability to park or ignore uncomfortable choices.

Filipino businessmen must have the ability to compete freely in the global economy.

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude especially an attitude of gratitude in a given set of circumstances especially in difficult circumstances.

Leadership is the ability to influence people and motivate them to do what needs to be done to accomplish a goal, vision, or mission.

Part of being a big winner is the ability to be a big loser. There is no paradox involved. It is a distinctly Harvard thing to be able to turn any defeat into victory

The difference between acting badly or brilliantly is not based on your ability, but on the state of your mind and/or body in any given moment.

Acting is different from stand-up. It gives you this ability to enter into another character, to create another person.

Maturity is many things. It is the ability to base a judgment on the big picture, the long haul.