If there is a trait which does characterize leaders it is opportunism. Successful people are very often those who steadfastly refuse to… — John Viney Copy Share Image
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Who gave you the ability to contemplate the beauty of the skies, the course of the sun, the round moon, the millions… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
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The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a… — William Falconer Copy Share Image
Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort.… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Since the time of the ancient Greeks a democracy has depended on its philosophers and creative artists. It can only flourish by… — Uta Hagen Copy Share Image
Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The ability to know that your perceptions are accurate has to happen without others' validation. Intuition is not the result of diet,… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
I hate the the word 'disempower,' because it seems kind of cliche, but I do think that we take people's ability to… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
You have to understand, it takes a lot of qualities to play linebacker - quickness, tackling ability and sheer force - so… — Cris Carter Copy Share Image
When you give people ability to stay connected with all the people they care about, and you make it so they can… — Mark Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
In difficult times, people too often lose the ability to face the future optimistically. They begin to think about their tomorrow's negatively.… — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
As we've seen the rise of cultural, environmental and educational tourism in adventure travel, we've also seen the rise of female participation.… — Christopher Doyle Copy Share Image
We are not very good at this. Our success rests on our international experience and on our ability to read the market.… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
Mom used to quote Isaiah 64: about waiting on the Lord. It doesn't mean being complacent. It means understanding that he has… — Tim Tebow Copy Share Image
There is a race between the increasing complexity of the systems we build and our ability to develop intellectual tools for understanding… — Leslie Lamport Copy Share Image
People who want to come to this country don't have constitutional rights. Once they get here, they do. But coming here is… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
There are significant differences between the American and European version of capitalism. The American traditiionally emphasizes the need for limited government, light… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
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With the rise of ISIS, our alliance with Turkey is more important than ever before, the ability to have access, to move… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
There were 31 teams that didn't think I was as good as the guys taken off the board. That's no disrespect to… — Justin Cole Copy Share Image
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You've got to develop mental strength. And you develop mental strength with the will. The will is the mental faculty that gives… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
If you are a strong man, very good! But do not curse others who are not strong enough for you. ...Everyone says,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Science offers the chance to cure debilitating and once-intractable disorders like hemophilia and sickle cell disease. But we need to make sure… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Nostalgia for people, cultures, everything. There's an ability to use these marks to note things that are erased, deleted. Traces are a… — Sergio Chejfec Copy Share Image
Virat Kohli has so far shown that he has more ability and talent than anybody else, and if he can play till… — Kapil Dev Copy Share Image
God operates by different rules of time and space. And God's infinite greatness, which we would expect to diminish us, actually makes… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Stain Boy Of all the super heroes, the strangest one by far, doesn't have a special power, or drive a fancy car.… — Tim Burton Copy Share Image
One of the problems of truth being censored for a really long time is that people lose the ability to intuit what… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Looking ahead, future generations may learn their social skills from robots in the first place. The cute yellow Keepon robot from Carnegie… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Very many people spend money in ways quite different from those that their natural tastes would enjoin, merely because the respect of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
To ask about the 'source' of rights or morals assumes an erreous conclusion. To ask about the source of morals is to… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I believe ability can get you to the top,” says coach John Wooden, “but it takes character to keep you there.… It’s… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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There are no limits to what you can create for you, because your ability to think is unlimited! But you cannot create… — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
I never heard of anybody who admired the character of sheep. Even the gentlest human personalities in contact with them are annoyed… — Dorothy Canfield Fisher Copy Share Image
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