Ability Quotes

Children that play outside develop better problem solving skills and have a stronger ability to work within a group.

It is the ability to make predictions about the future that is the crux of intelligence.

When I tried to grasp at either what I love or what I hate, I destroyed the very ability of being able to really penetrate the essence of either. By trying to understand it, I would just crush it.

My singing ability is zilch.

Habitual texters may not only cheat their existing relationships, they can also limit their ability to form future ones since they don't get to practice the art of interpreting nonverbal visual cues.

By annihilating somebody else in whatever way, then that person feels that they also have the ability to, then, restore the person.

For me, one of the most important things I look for in an actor is whether we can converse. Do we have a similar ability to discuss a character?

We do what we can. The results are none of our business.

Know your audience. If I don't share in a way that will be understood, I lose my ability to connect.

All dreams reflect inborn creativity and ability to face and solve life's problems.

It's not our ability to get forgiveness that saves us. It's out ability to grant forgiveness.

The best part of being signed by a major label was having the support of a big company behind me and the ability to meet new artists and producers.

We are loved beyond our ability to comprehend.

To shut down the ability to feel pain means you shut down all emotions, joy included. It makes our hearts feel small, it robs us of our joy, and really keeps us no safer.

I have the ability to make a choice in how I respond. My natural response does not have to be the only response I have.

TV can play a role in delivering that emotion as well as the obvious ability to reach a lot of people quickly with that message.

Strength is the ability to break up a solid piece of chocolate—and then eat just one of the pieces.

Play is kids' work in that it is a form of experiential learning that contributes directly to a person's ability to handle failure, to work in teams, and to take risks.

I've always admired your ability to be unilaterally irritating.

An ability to compromise is important. That means stepping back and getting the ego out of the way in order to accomplish what you want to get done.

Goal-setting is powerful because it provides focus. It shapes our dreams. It gives us the ability to hone in on the exact actions we need to perform to achieve everything we desire in life.

One of the amazing things we have been given as humans is the unquenchable desire to have dreams of a better life, and the ability to establish goals to live out those dreams.

If there is one thing to get excited about, it's your ability to turn the negative into success.

They have more ability in the middle of the field in terms of ability

Physical ability only goes so far. You have to work hard the rest of the way.

What can we put into the hands of people under oppressive regimes to help them? For me, a big part of it is information, knowledge - the ability to defeat propaganda by understanding it.

I think it is shocking that 15- and 16-year-olds leave school unable to add up and with the reading ability of a four-year-old.

Life is the ability to start over again.

He was an outsider who lived by his ability to manipulate the inside.

There is nothing in this world that I am prouder of than my ability to feel, to survive and, yes, to be a fool for what I love and believe in.

Painting has this ability to send the viewer [backward], but it's also this physical object in the room with you. It's always knocking you back into the present moment, which I find very pleasurable.

I keep my feet on the ground, keep dedicated, keep focused, underestimate nobody and obviously you need the ability, talent and everything else that goes with it.

You may only get one chance at something...and that requires confidence in your ability.

I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

I turned down as many roles that I thought were beyond my abilities as I did ones I thought weren't good enough.

I rather would prefer to see the movie theatrically, which I have the ability to do.

Accepting good advice means nothing other than to strengthen one's own ability.

The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds of things that are destructive to them

The ability to understand people is one of the greatest assets anyone can ever have.

Responsibility is the most important ability that a person can possess.

Understanding people certainly impacts your ability to communicate with others.

Leadership ability determines a person's level of effectiveness.

The ability to understand people is a choice.

The effectiveness of your work will never rise above your ability to lead and influence others.

A great leader has the ability to instill within his people confidence in themselves.

Success doesn't come instantly. Neither does the ability to lead.

Honesty: The ability to resist small temptations.

You learn to present dark things without including their ability to harm, treasuring them for what they are.

Insight into soul-action, ability to discriminate the genuine from the sham and capacity to further one and discourage the other.

You can teach students to develop the ability to think reflectively, and you can help them understand what this means, but if they are not inclined to do so they never will.