Slowly blossomed, slowly ripened in Siddhartha the realisation, the knowledge, what wisdom actually was, what the goal of his long search was.… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
People's beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities. Ability is not a fixed property; there is huge variablitiy… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
Thomas Gordon, founder of P.E.T. (Parent Effectiveness Training), observed that when children are behaving in a way that interferes with your ability… — Ben Yagoda Copy Share Image
One year you go in for auditions, and everybody thinks you're the queen of comedy, and the next year, you're so 'yesterday,'… — Sally Phillips Copy Share Image
If artists slowly learn how their business works, they'll have the ability to grow at any rate they can dream up, but… — Tom DeLonge Copy Share Image
Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time. — Bill Hybels Copy Share Image
Unions have been the best anti-poverty program that actually worked and did not cost the government a dime. But as unions grow… — Andy Stern Copy Share Image
The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed.… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I think increasingly consumers are judging the quality of their travel and hotel experiences by their ability to have access to basic… — Gary Shapiro Copy Share Image
I feel that business leaders with their ability to create businesses, with their ability to scale, need to play an important role… — Azim Premji Copy Share Image
If there's one thing I feel very strongly about, it's that there shouldn't be a distinction between pianists who play Ligeti and… — Jeremy Denk Copy Share Image
It is so strange - if anyone takes my name, I have the ability to make them famous. — Shahrukh Khan Copy Share Image
I stay subjective because that's what I do. That's one of my abilities. I don't need to watch it because I've had… — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
... we did decide to trust Christ, but the reason we made that decision is that God had first made us spiritually… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
The only skills you need to be an entrepreneur are the ability to fail, to have ideas, to sell those ideas, to… — James Altucher Copy Share Image
As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view. — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
To reconcile conflicting parties, we must have the ability to understand the suffering of both sides. If we take sides, it is… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I'm quite optimistic when it comes to the capacity of our people to have an honest discussion about what's really going on.… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I contemplate the idea that maybe I'm an alcoholic. I get this occassionally, the need to define myself as something-or-the-other, and at… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
If I had the good fortune of having the ability to influence people all over the world every time I spoke, I… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
There is thus little or no ability for an internet user to know when they are being covertly propagandized by their government,… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
I feel as though I can get an end result that works for me, but as far as recording techniques, I don't… — Julia Kent Copy Share Image
It is unmatched in its ability to think, to communicate, and to reason. Most striking of all, it has a unique awareness… — Peter Coveney Copy Share Image
The ability to change one's mind is probably a key characteristic of the successful investor. Dogmatic and rigid personalities rarely, if ever,… — Jack D. Schwager Copy Share Image
From a personal standpoint, my ability to play all around the wicket is more mindset than anything else. — AB de Villiers Copy Share Image
Kids coming from very difficult economic circumstances in urban areas are in some ways discriminated against in ways that are similar to… — Timothy Shriver Copy Share Image
When you want to be a writer, you think that actually getting published will make you feel somehow more real to yourself.… — Hanya Yanagihara Copy Share Image
I compare a lot of life to looking at a map through a straw. The less ability you have to see life… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
I'm very confident in my own ability but I'm not guaranteed to get a starting spot. — Israel Folau Copy Share Image
There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
When we consider a project, we really study it-not just the surface idea, but everything about it. And when we go into… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
All appointments hurt. Five friends are made cold or hostile for every appointment; no new friends are made. All patronage is perilous… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
It's always weird when I meet people who don't know how to crack crabs open and eat them the right way. I… — Eric Hutchinson Copy Share Image
Today, as always, the people, no less than the courts, must remain vigilant to preserve the principals of our Bill of Rights,… — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
It is often said that the magnitude of a people is measured by their ability to know how to win. — Jose Eduardo Dos Santos Copy Share Image
I was always very leery of my piano playing. As a young kid, I wanted to be a jazz musician, but my… — Mike Stoller Copy Share Image
The disease I have is quite a rare cancer, and it is located in a limited area - a very widespread area,… — Valerie Harper Copy Share Image
“Everyone has the ability to choose their mental state. It is up to us to program our own minds.” — Pam Malow-Isham Copy Share Image
Grace equals ability. God gives us grace to match our call. When we do our own thing, we do it on our… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
