Ability Quotes

I think it's safe to say that each of us has at least one issue we are passionate about and struggle with, issues that robs us of our peace, our joy and our ability to experience love.

The diminution of the reality of class, however socially desirable in many respects, seems to have the practical effect of diminishing our ability to see people in their difference and specialness.

Power for men means the ability to make things happen ... The female definition of power is the ability not to have to please.

The ability to just sit there. That's being a person.

Much of command is the ability to take command.

That which is inherently nonfinanceable is financed. That which is inherently financeable is not financed. And the illogic of poverty amidst eagerness and ability to produce plenty goes on.

The ability to relax and be mindfully present in the moment comes naturally when we are grateful.

The class of those who have the ability to think their own thoughts is separated by an unbridgeable gulf from the class of those who cannot.

Ability to have that sort of feedback loop with your readers to me felt incredibly powerful.

This ability to exist in pieces is what some adults call resilience. And I suppose in some way it is a kind of resilience, a horrible resilience that makes adults believe children forget trauma.

I report to you that our country is challenged at home and abroad: that it is our will that is being tried and not our strength; our sense of purpose and not our ability to achieve a better America.

The excitement that science possess is its ability to answer the big questions.

Often the desire to appear competent impedes our ability to become competent, because we more anxious to display our knowledge than to learn what we do not know.

Political success is often dependent on the ability to be heard above the din of controversy and debate and to set a course with one's own compass.

I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text.

My words are unerring tools of destruction, and I’ve come unequipped with the ability to disarm them.

I'd learned a long time ago that one of the finest weapons in my arsenal was my ability to invade personal space

Swaraj means ability to regard every inhabitant of India as our own brother or sister.

The truest test of a democracy is in the ability of anyone to act as he likes, so long as he does not injure the life or property of anyone else.

Real power does not consist in the ability to inflict capital punishment upon the subjects, but in the will and the ability to protect the subjects against the world.

[He] alone is truly nonviolent who remains nonviolent even though he has the ability to strike.

My conception of dominion status implies present ability to severe the British connection if I wish to.

When those with ability at their job get to thinking they can't be done without, they're already on their way out.

You need to have the ability to gracefully navigate the world.

That fundamentally undermines your ability to access the best part of your instincts. So my advice to those people would be stop thinking and introspecting so much and do a little more acting.

When you aren't affiliated with anything, and then you look at something, you look at it with your eye to the best of your ability.

I'm a very visual person and I love the ability to tell stories through images.

Our liberality should not exceed our ability.

Extreme good, extreme evil: the abilities required are similar.

Every person has the latent ability to read minds and influence the physical world without touching it, but they don't have the ability to connect with the power source.

Comedians have a huge carte blanche and the ability to get away with saying a lot of things.

I love doing scripted things. What little acting ability I have I am holding on with my hangnails.

Even if this is exaggerated, they are close to (enrichment ability) and the world faces a new reality.

What in Mandela was seen as an almost saintly ability to conciliate could, in a lesser man, be read as weak-kneed populism.

If the player has the confidence and ability, then he should sign with the pro team. Academics certainly play a large part in the decision, but if someone feels they are ready to sign, they should.

The ability to share whole scenes form our lives will be a valuable thing over time.

Experiencing deep sadness can, sometimes, heighten your ability to feel joy.

I always marvel at the humans' ability to keep going. They always manage to stagger on even with tears streaming down their faces.

What would be achieved ever if people lost the ability to dream?

There is no cheap way to achieve the ability to turn pro in tennis; it unfortunately is more expensive than team sports.

If you have an ability, you want to exercise it, not anesthetize it.

I'm much more of a musician than a poet. I just feel much more confident about my musical abilities.

I feel like I've been blessed with some athletic ability and I'd like to take advantage of it.

The ability to defend yourself is a basic necessity like food and water. We exempt food and water from the sales tax.

America is a country that has been skating for ages on its unparalleled ability to look marvelous on the outside.

General Napoleon says that ability is of little account without opportunity. The opposite is also correct: Opportunity is of little account without ability.

To be pessimist is to amputate one's own legs and arms! Only an optimist man has the ability to move!

When you think that the road has ended, you must know that it is your ability to go beyond has ended, not the road!

I have become convinced that the most overlooked tool in our medical arsenal is harnessing the body's own ability to heal through nutritional excellence.

That's universal - we all want to bring every good thing to our children. But what's not universal is our ability to provide every good thing.