Ability Quotes

Mindfulness is the ability to do physical things in a harmonious way; it is a way to remain centered in a physical world that is out of balance.

Enlightenment is the ability to freely transact within the ten thousand states of mind without a continuous self or awareness

An esoteric or enlightened teacher of Buddhism is someone who has the ability to transfer power to another individual. A real empowerment is not just a ceremony.

The second attention is the occult side of the being. It is the ability to manipulate others, be it for good or ill intent.

What women have done is developed a survival mechanism, and it's a fascinating one and it's been effective and justified, in my opinion. That is the ability to manipulate men sexually.

I have not, in general, much belief in the ability of woman as a creative artist. Unwritten lyrics, as [Ralph Waldo] Emerson said once when we conversed on this subject, should be her forte.

The quality of a marriage is proven by its ability to tolerate an occasional "exception.

Although you have so far demonstrated little faith in my ability to pay, I yet hope to demonstrate that I am somebody who pays his debts-for example, to you.

For our self respect depends upon our ability to make requital, for good or for evil.

The ability to suffer is a small matter - weak women and even slaves can acheive virtuosity in that.

The ability to convince people of the wackiest notions - and both parties can do it - it's part of the dumbing down of America that's really highly problematic.

Resilience is based on the ability to embrace the extremes -- while no becoming an extremist. ... **Most companies don't do paradox very well.** (emphasis by author) [2002] p.25f

I think increasingly consumers are judging the quality of their travel and hotel experiences by their ability to have access to basic technologies, including Wi-Fi.

My mother cranes her neck. Her ability to be fascinated by things is her best gift to me.

Power is the ability to make change.

You can lose your ability to play romantic scenes... you have to ensure that your mind is in the right place.

The ability to make witty observations is commonly refered to as "cynism" by people who lack it.

I actually was a writer who had the ability to perform his own work as opposed to a comedian who wrote his own material. So that really made me happy and changed my whole perspective.

If Helen Keller had psychic ability, would you say she had a fourth sense? What year did Jesus think it was?

Lenny Bruce genius was the unique ability to investigate hypocrisy and expose social inequities in a street rap that was really a form of poetry.

Christianity has always had sort of an ability to absorb the developments in science. But, it's always done it very slowly.

I put confidence in the American people, in their ability to sort through what is fair and what is unfair, what is ugly and what is un-ugly.

Nature distributes her favors unequally.

We expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving simple objectives-like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read and write.

I have made sense of my life by developing an ability to analyze Mainstream American Cultural Artifacts.

I feel pretty confident in my own ability.

You have to do everything to help your team out. I have the ability to rebound, so I might as well go and do it to help my team win.

I am impressed with America's capacity for change, and their ability to bring someone as inspirational as Barack Obama into the White House.

ability atrophies through lack of exercise.

Look, calling somebody in a wheelchair handicapable doesn't all of a sudden give them the power to climb stairs or the ability to grab Ho-Hos off the top shelf.

These days all you need is the ability to watch television and hold a potato at the same time to call yourself a designer.

David James is frustrated because he thinks us being bottom isn't helping his chances with England. I think it gives him more chance to show his ability.

My vocal ability is very limited, but I'm fortunate in that I can write the songs around my vocal limitations.

I know that lack of contact creates more lack of contact, and contact creates more contact, or at least an ability to talk to with each other.

I find it ironic that fear is eliminating the possibility to tell stories that depict our ability to overcome fear

London is like no other city I know in its ability to become beautiful. You can suddenly turn a corner and there are odd moments - of light, of weather.

A character, their ability or inability to laugh at themselves should always be a very, very conscious choice. It's a very big key to the nature of a human being.

I admire President Obama's ability to trust strangers.

Enthusiasm is more important to mastery than innate ability.

Enthusiasm is more important than innate ability, it turns out, because the single more important element in developing an expertise is your willingness to practice.

What spurs a person to get more serious is highly individual, but I have found that no matter what a person's level of ability, motivation must come from within, or it will not last.

Every person has the ability to improve the life of someone else.

You have the ability to change or create anything in your life, starting now.

Most people I know of that mix have a real ability to be in a room with anyone, black or white.

We all think that we are uniquely complex, that no one can see what we are thinking - yet we also believe that we have the rare ability to read others. This fascinates me at the moment.

deception and 'con games' are a way of life in all species and throughout nature. Organisms that do not improve their ability to deceive - and to detect deception - are less apt to survive.

Results aside, the ability to have complete faith in another human being is one of the finest qualities a person can possess.

If I had to name the single characteristic shared by all truly successful individuals, I’d say it’s the ability to create and nurture a network of contacts.

All my life, I have loved and been inspired by French cinema, and as a studio head it has been my pride and joy to have the ability to bring movies to audiences around the world.

We have three things in common: Irish wives, the ability to speak for 17 minutes without a verb, and the fact that we both speak with an accent.