Ability Quotes

Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.

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

What I like about music is its ability to be convincing, to carry an argument through successfully to the finish, though the terms of the argument remain unknown quantities.

From the beginning of the Radiation Laboratory, I have had the rare good fortune of being in the center of a group of men of high ability, enthusiastic and completely devoted to scientific pursuits.

Worry destroys the ability to write.

Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

My imperfections will never override God’s promises. God’s promises are not dependent on my ability to always choose well, but rather on His ability to use well.

The amount of money that a person has in his bank account is not determined by his starting capital but by his knowledge about money and his ability to manage it properly.

I believe the power to make money is a gift from God...to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.

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

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.

Not disabilities at all - more Abilities.

Each moment of life is only as precious as is our ability to attend to it.

The whole duty of a conductor is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo.

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

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

Far more important throughout the rest of science is the ability to form concepts, during which the researcher conjures images and processes by intuition.

Creativity is the ability to find new solutions to a problem or new modes of expression; thus it brings into existence something new to the individual and to the culture.

Love is the ability to discover similarities in the dis-similar. The audience has a right not to be fooled - even if it insists on being fooled.

One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better.

Building a better future will depend on our ability to appreciate generational differences.

The greatest gift given to man by God - is the ability to empathize.

I do have an obligation, however, a debt that cannot be settled by my lyrical decisions. My life will be judged by my obedience, not my ability to confine my lyrics to this box or that.

The ability to embrace mystery is what attracts revelation.

The ability to be cool, confident, and decisive in crisis is not an inherited characteristic but is the direct result of how well the individual has prepared himself for the battle.

Being an adult is the ability to postpone a want for the sake of a family need.

The best actors, I think, have a childlike quality. They have a sort of an ability to lose themselves. There's still some silliness.

The ability to make big leaps of thought is a common denominator among the originators of breakthrough ideas.

Omnicompetence,' the ability to obtain whatever one wants or needs, is an unattainable but continuously approachable ideal for all mankind - past, present, and future.

Children who played outside every day, regrdless of weather, had better motor coordination and more ability to concentrate.

If you don't have the ability to see when to stand up and the conviction to do it, you'll never be an effective leader.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

When I think of vision, I have in mind the ability to see above and beyond the majority.

I think once you've seen a song with a video, it limits your own mind's ability to read into it anything other than what you've seen.

The single most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up and walk away from the table without a deal

What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language.

The ability to keep your mouth shut is usually a sign of intelligence

I believe an appreciation for simplicity, the everyday - the ability to dive deeply into the banal and discover life's hidden richness - is where success, let alone happiness, emerges.

The difference between one man and another is not mere ability... it is energy.

Wait until companies have an initial prototype, have shown that they have the potential to be profitable and have the ability to scale. That's the best time to invest.

The true creator may be recognized by his ability always to find about him, in the commonest and humblest thing, items worthy of note.

Drawing on the experience I have of now directing, to me, my one strength that I know is my ability to communicate with actors and therefore make characters really important.

The ability to play with different people is infinitely fascinating to me.

Spend your energy on things you believe in, and do them honestly and to the best of your ability.