Ability Quotes

I think hand-drawn animation can be something really special. If the character design is quite simple it has the ability to allow people to easily relate to the characters in a special manner.

The first step toward creating an improved future is developing the ability to envision it.

You have gifts, abilities, and dreams no one else has.

And if God has given you a lot of ability, I believe you should be held to a higher level of expectation.

The Art of Fulfillment is the ability to experience not only the thrill of the chase, but also the magic of the moment, the unbridled joy of feeling truly alive.

Effective leaders have the ability to consistently move themselves and others to action because they understand the “invisible forces” that shape us

The people who shape our lives and our cultures have the ability to communicate a vision or a quest or a joy or a mission.

Here is an opportunity for you to celebrate like never before, my own power, and my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary.

Aloneness is a wise teacher. Kierkegaard remarked that one sign of spiritual maturity was the ability to be comfortable when alone.

No one can take from us the ability to choose our attitudes toward the circumstances in which we find ourselves. This is the last of human freedoms.

Think about what artists, novelists and poets have in common: the ability to engage in metaphorical thinking, linking seemingly unrelated ideas, such as, 'It is the east, and Juliet is the Sun.'

So, for me, working with larger companies has often been very satisfying, precisely because of the ability of bringing critical mass to bear on a given effort.

I am a big fan of Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller, who have carved a niche for themselves. I think doing different kind of films gives you longevity and the ability to set yourself apart.

To do things in a way you want to do them, you will have to acquire the ability to think the way you want to think: this is the first step toward getting rich.

With technology expanding at this ridiculous pace, bit by bit we're losing our humanity and our ability to connect with each other without having electronic media in the middle.

I'm a comedian so I'm not waiting around for someone to write a part for me. I don't have to wait for somebody else to create my next job; I have the ability to basically write my own ticket.

While great leaders may be as rare as great runners, great actors, or great painters, everyone has leadership potential, just as everyone has some ability at running, acting, and painting.

Eternal life means more than mere future blessing to be enjoyed by believers; it is equally a kind of spiritual ability.

Baron Grimm declared that, as a rule, it was easy for little minds to attain splendid positions, because they devoted all their ability to the one object.

Every diamond has the ability to shine when there is someone to recognize its good facets and inhibit its flaws.

The ability of players to jump teams when their contracts are up has hurt fan loyalty.

You honor me greatly and beyond my ability as an individual but in so doing you honor my colleagues also who made possible the results you have cited.

The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends.

Living unloved is like clipping a bird's wings and removing its ability to fly.

All lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they never perform; vowing more than the perfection of ten, and discharging less than the tenth part of one.

All classes of society are trade unionists at heart, and differ chiefly in the boldness, ability, and secrecy with which they pursue their respective interests.

Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.

I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.

To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.

My motto is to do everything absolutely flat out and to the best of your ability.

Fuel prices are at the center of our lives. They affect our ability to travel, stay warm, and feed ourselves.

Good direction is often based on the ability to communicate.

Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.

We have the ability to provide quality education to every child on earth right now.

We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion. Our inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our elders something, due to the fact that we are not jaded or cynical.

Maturity is the ability to sort the portions of truth from the accepted lies and self-deceptions that you have grown up with.

Most times, your blessings are also your curses. And for me, I have this ability to express myself so clearly with pen and paper, but when it comes to expressing myself verbally, I put up a big wall.

Freedom is the awareness of alternatives and of the ability to choose. It is contingent upon consciousness, and so may be gained or lost, extended or diminished.

The patience and ability to work through a long series of steps - to figure things out - is a foundation for the child's creative life later on.

I am very, very proud of my ability as a cook.

Friends enhance our ability to think and act.

What we're losing culturally the fastest, aside from natural resources and oil and the idea of democracy and social justice, is the ability to concentrate.

High culture is the ability to hear the William Tell Overture and not think of the Lone Ranger.

I learned to never quit, and academics always come first. I had to make sure to get my degree, because I learned that athletic ability and sports don't last forever.

The Dance is an art because it demands vocation, knowledge, and ability.

Part of America's genius has always been its ability to absorb newcomers, to forge a national identity out of the disparate lot that arrived on our shores.

Producing the vibration of love is based on your ability to feel deep pain...go into those feelings...and to find peace once again.

My job is to make myself available to play to the best of my ability. Mentally, I've got to stay ready to play every day.

My life has gotten a little more complicated than my ability to describe it. That used to be the definition of madness, now it's just continuous overload.

I warm naturally to the drummer whose ideas and approach are strong, even if he doesn't quite have the ability to carry them out.