Ability Quotes

The more profound problem, however, is the degree to which many academic intellectuals, especially in the humanities, have lost their ability to distinguish the 'state' from 'society'.

You have the freedom, ability and authority to love your life. Just be you, then wait.

Ninety percent of all human wisdom is the ability to mind your own business.

Your ability to communicate to your young people will determine your success.

People invest in your ability to deliver to them a more favorable future.

I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've never seen before. If they do, I'm still looking for it.

Creativity is especially expressed in the ability to make connections, to make associations, to turn things around and express them in a new way.

I am somebody who... - I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I need that freedom, that ability to make mistakes out there. Because there's a fine line between making a mistake or being brilliant.

Every single person has leadership ability. Some step up and take them. Some don't. My answer was to step up and lead.

The future of our nation depends on our ability to produce food and fiber to sustain the world.

Few things have more impact than nutrition on a child's ability to survive, learn effectively and escape a life of poverty.

The test of a good idea is its ability to last through a hangover

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

For me, the strength of photography lies in its ability to evoke humanity. If war is an attempt to negate humanity, then photography can be perceived as the opposite of war.

The disillusionment with our own abilities is, perhaps, one of the most important things that can ever happen to us.

The ability to ask questions is the greatest resource in learning the truth.

Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure.

Literature can train, and exercise, our ability to weep for those who are not us or ours.

The ability to see the good in others and the bad in ourselves is perfect vision.

Power, for the writer....lies in his ability to reveal if only a little bit more about the complexity of humanity.

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

Leadership is the ability to step outside the culture to start evolutionary change processes that are more adaptive.

Those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.

Ultimately, nothing should be more important to investors than the ability to sleep soundly at night.

Creativity is the ability to look at the ordinary and see the extraordinary.

The true test of a man's spirituality is not his ability to speak, as we are apt to think, but rather his ability to bridle his tongue.

A truly successful army is one that, because of its strength and ability and dedication, will not be called upon to fight, for no one will dare to provoke it.

Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation.

It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using.

In short, we can see Karpov as an exploiter of other people’s ideas. His ability to use these ideas is not at issue, but he himself is about as fertile as a woman who has been sterilized is.

The biggest superpower you can have is the ability to change your own life. It’s in your hands, and if you believe that you can get the power you want, you can do whatever you wish to do.

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision.

Don't listen to what people tell you, there are always doubters. Work hard, believe in yourself, and believe in your ability and just work hard.

There is always a third possibility, as long as you have the ability to find it.

Creativity is the ability to identify self-imposed constraints, remove them, and explore the consequences of their removal.

Self-affection is the real dwelling to which we must always return with a view to a faithfulness to ourselves and an ability to welcome the other as different.

Learning is definitely not mere imitation, nor is it the ability to accumulate and regurgitate fixed knowledge. Learning is a constant process of discovery - a process without end.

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

My talent was the uncompromising ability to feel spite.

Having the courage to make decisions and take action. Never be afraid to fail. You have nothing to fear if you have prepared to the best of your ability.

Our goal in education should be to foster the ability to use the computer in everything you do, even if you don't have a specific piece of software for the job.

What is national freedom if not a people’s inner freedom to cultivate its abilities along the beaten path of its history?

I just think that if you use materials that have an ability to communicate directly, you open up a channel and you can work through that. So you are using the power of materials.

I won't stick around to see how much temptation I can take. God is not impressed with my ability to stand up to sin. He is more impressed by the obedience I show when I run from it.

Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.

I think technology really increased human ability, but technology cannot produce compassion.

I am my own worst critic and I am hell to pay so I just have to do everything to my utmost ability.

The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.

In a lot of ways, it's not the money that allows you to do new things. It's the growth and the ability to find things that people want and to use your creativity to target those.