Ability Quotes · Page 106

Our default faith mode is to trust, above all things, our own ability to create a safe, controllable, predictable world.

— Tullian Tchividjian

It must be that to govern a nation you need a specific talent and that this may very well exist without general…

— W. Somerset Maugham

I feel like I just have the ability to threaten from any position, whether we're standing or the fight is on the…

— Carlos Condit

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

— Martina Navratilova

I find many of answers in the spiritual realm. That in no way compromises my ability to think rigorously as a scientist.

— Richard Dawkins

Good storytelling is harder than it sounds, but the easy part is that everyone has the ability to do it. ...Tap into…

— Peter Guber

I've always had faith in my ring ability, but sometimes it's how you are perceived, and how good you are doesn't matter.

— Mustafa Ali

I never had any doubts about my ability. The problem was getting into so many scrapes because of my erratic temperament.

— Alex Higgins

You have to open your mind. I like the ability to express myself in a deep way. It's the closest music to…

— Sonny Terry

Everyone is psychic to some degree, and really successful paranormal investigators even if they do not realize it are using their own…

— Rosemary Ellen Guiley

I've observed that if individuals who prevail in a highly competitive environment have any one thing in common besides success, it is…

— Bill Walsh

I'm sure Jofra Archer will be loving heading into his first World Cup. He is in the dressing room as he comes…

— Jos Buttler

Where does my body end and an invader start? And cancer, a tumor, is something you grow out of your own tissue.…

— Dave deBronkart

The issue isn't, Am I good enough? No. The issue is, Do I not have any other choice? Will and desire don't…

— Dana Spiotta

The scripting language in Bitcoin is important because it is what makes Bitcoin 'programmable money'. Within each Bitcoin transaction is the ability…

— Fred Ehrsam

America is the strongest empire ever, with the largest military. We spend ten times what the Russians do. And they have equal…

— Oliver Stone

I should say, a piece of advice that was given to me very early on by the principle of RADA (Royal Academy…

— Ralph Fiennes

Legal business has, from the beginning of time, been profitable - to those who have conducted it; because it is concerned with…

— Edward Jenks

I do have the ability to explore life and to be over the moon at the smallest thing - a few pints…

— Colin Farrell

I can't swim. I can float. But nothing could prepare me for that, to be honest. I mean, cold is cold and…

— Alicja Bachleda-Curus

Donald Trump has the ability to renegotiate the Iran nuclear deal as he says, but if he were to do so, this…

— Evan Osnos

Perhaps a creature of so much ingenuity and deep memory is almost bound to grow alienated from his world, his fellows, and…

— Loren Eiseley

The real key to Jack's [Nicklaus] success was his fantastic ability to score. His drives sometimes went into the rough, but he…

— Gardner Dickinson

If you want to nourish a bird, you should let it live any way it chooses. Creatures differ because they have different…

— Zhuangzi

Part of executive functions is the ability to look to a goal deadline and assess where an organization is in meeting it.

— Henry Cloud

It's not lack of ability, not even brain or talent, it's just lack of organizing things that keep you away from success.

— Senora Roy

The NRA is interested in protecting the civil rights of Americans, not protecting the ability of terrorists to get guns.

— Katie Pavlich

David Phelps has an uncanny ability to sound full and powerful on every part of his range and sing with so much…

— Kirstin Maldonado

Life can be dark and horrible, but what makes humans so resilient is their ability to find the light in dark situations.

— Quinta Brunson

Agility is the ability to adapt and respond to change … agile organizations view change as an opportunity, not a threat.

— Jim Highsmith

Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did.

— Rita Mae Brown

To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the…

— Joseph Addison

Coming from Canada, I've always had people doubt me or doubt my ability. We're just going to keep letting our game talk.

— Jamal Murray

Even when the heavyweight champion was a fighter of limited ability, he was still the heavyweight champion of the world.

— Thomas Hauser

Every Sunrise delivers Opportunities, While every Sunset asks what we did with The Opportunities... Make The Best Today.

— Pacifiersucker

What is art? It is not just nature, it is nurtured nature. It is intelligence applied to what physical ability you have.

— Rudolf Nureyev

FOOVIEW (foo' view) n. The ability of a dog to inflict guilt from any angle in the room while he watches his…

— Rich Hall

I feel that it was my destiny to play with Led Zeppelin, and of course I had the chance and I did…

— Jason Bonham

I know I didn't deserve this, but God has given me this baseball ability. So I've got to do whatever I can…

— Clayton Kershaw

Eternal life means more than mere future blessing to be enjoyed by believers; it is equally a kind of spiritual ability.

— Watchman Nee