Ability Quotes

Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse

And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry.

Effective leaders share two intertwined attributes: an unbridled level of confidence about where their organizations are headed, and the ability to bring people along.

At the present time there exist problems beyond our ability to solve, not because of theoretical difficulties, but because of insufficient means of mechanical computation.

Connecting is the ability to identify with people and relate to them in a way that increases your influence with them.

I am surprised nothing has been made of the fact that astronaut Neil Armstrong carried no sidearms when he landed on the moon.

Power is a thing of perception. They don't need to be able to kill you. They just need you to think they are able to kill you

I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers.

Athletic ability can be taken away like that. It can all end in a heartbeat.

Ability without enthusiasm is like a rifle without a bullet.

Someday will never come and take you by the hand.

The mind's ability to rationalize it's own shortcomings is unlimited; I am no exception.

The commonest weakness of our race is our ability to rationalize our most selfish purposes.

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

Think globally, act locally": "Our salvation depends upon our ability to create a religion of nature.

If you have the ability to work with people smarter than you, always try to be the least smartest person in the room and surround yourself with talent, because iron sharpens iron.

Spirituality is a boundless ability to respond and experience.

Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice

The ability of a person to atone has always been the most remarkable of human features.

With average or even minimum ability, success is still very possible.

It's time to teach our daughters that their ability to be good people depends on their being good people, not on whether or not they're sexually active.

Your ability to think is unlimited, and so the things you can think into existence are unlimited.

Charity is the pure love of Christ. Let's bring it down for us lay folk to understand. Selflessness, patience. . . . a great definition. . . Charity: The ability to love the sinner and hate the sin.

I think some guys have the ability to learn from themselves and get better. Those are the guys that last a long time and continue to improve in this league and in sports in general.

Develop the ability to stand back as a witness to your thoughts. This will make your mind strong.

Presence of mind, penetration, fine observation, are the sciences of women; ability to avail themselves of these is their talent.

It doesn't matter what product or service you're offering; there is unlimited ability to improve the quality of anything.

Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.

I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts about my ability, yes.

I am seeing strength in the ability of artistic expression to change our future.

One has not only an ability to perceive the world but an ability to alter one's perception of it; more simply, one can change things by the manner in which one looks at them.

Leadership starts with understanding responsibility, not ability. Leadership is a Stewardship, not a show.

Well, I have also believed in empowering the individual and believe there is a degree of inertia in big government that hampers the ability to respond to a rapidly evolving crisis.

The key to Operations at Wal-Mart is their ability to maintain the highest standards while at the same time getting things done with lockstep execution.

Spies are a most important element in water, because on them depends an army's ability to move.

The more that a person brings to design, the better his or her ability to communicate.

The need to help spread democracy and the ability to do that will be much greater if we break this addiction to oil, which gives the oil princes and sultans the power in the Mideast.

The difference between a top-flight creative man and the hack is his ability to express powerful meanings indirectly.

If we function according to our ability alone, we get the glory; if we function according to the power of the Spirit within us, God gets the glory.

Having the ability to get and gain respect through your work is great but you have to be careful not to get carried away.

A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is ability to articulate human relationships.

That combination of thought and action defines creative confidence: the ability to come up with new ideas and the courage to try them out.

The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.

You can teach taste, editorial sense, but the ability to say something funny is something I've never been able to teach anyone.

As each tree falls so does the earth's ability to heal itself and to adapt to the effects of our changing climate

The Lord God, the creator of Judaism and the God of Judaism and Christianity, empowered our minds and gave us the ability to question.

The Army has carried the American... ideal to its logical conclusion... Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on the grounds of ability.

The ability to bounce back after a setback is the single most important trait an entrepreneurial venture can possess.

The most perfect ape cannot draw an ape; only man can do that; but, likewise, only man regards the ability to do this as a sign of superiority.

The pro-Israel lobby has been remarkably successful in suppressing criticism. Politicians challenge it at their peril because of the lobby's ability to influence political contributions.