An ability to compromise is important. That means stepping back and getting the ego out of the way in order to accomplish… — Jim Clyburn Copy Share Image
I may be alone in this, but I do sense the power of film, in that movies have the ability to literally… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
I would say that by virtue of your not acting parental up to this point, you've relinquished your ability to wield any… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
The biggest enemies we have to overcome on the road to success are not a lack of ability and a lack of… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Not everyone possesses boundless energy or a conspicuous talent. We are not equally blessed with great intellect or physical beauty or emotional… — Gigi Graham Copy Share Image
The process of discovering who we are and what we are here to do . . . is dependent . . .… — James Redfield Copy Share Image
Unfounded fears about your competence and abilities can cripple your unique talents and gifts, which are waiting to be released. — Dan Miller Copy Share Image
One of the most important skills for political success is the ability to make confident assertions of absurdities or lies. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
No-one is destined to live a life of poverty, because each of us has the ability to change everything in this life.… — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
I set myself a rule before I actually write a tune to the lyrics, and the rule is that I've got to… — James Dean Bradfield Copy Share Image
Actors should be better poker players. But I think there's actual skill and crazy guts that you need to play poker -… — Tom Everett Scott Copy Share Image
We read so much about incompetence and corruption in all sorts of places. I'm not just thinking of the United Kingdom and… — Colin Dexter Copy Share Image
I am giving this winter two courses of lectures to three students, of which one is only moderately prepared, the other less… — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image
Iain Dowie famously coined the phrase 'bouncebackability' to describe Crystal Palace's ability to come from behind. But this is a typical manager's… — Daniel Finkelstein Copy Share Image
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Executive Intelligence is about the specific skills one must have in order to succeed in senior leadership positions, i.e. the ability to… — Justin Menkes Copy Share Image
If we decide to take this level of business creating ability nationwide, we'll all be plucking chickens for a living. — Ross Perot 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 think that people see that Sandra Bullock has an ability to laugh at herself and you just don't find that too… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
Not the absorption capacity of the land, but the creative ability of a people, is the true yardstick with which we can… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
Our sanity depends essentially on a narrowness of vision--the ability to select the elements vital to survival, while ignoring the great truths. — Josephine Hart Copy Share Image
Talent is talent, and everybody knows somebody who has talent or ability, but they never really converted it into a productive performance… — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and… — Robert T. Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
“Personal power is the ability to stand on your own two feet with a smile on your face in the middle of… — J.Z. Colby Copy Share Image
Actors should arouse a sense of wonder because of their ability to exceed what the spectators can envision ever being able to… — Jerzy Grotowski Copy Share Image
The pupil is ... 'schooled' to confuse teaching with learning, grade advancement with education, a diploma with competence, and fluency with the… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
For me, one of the most important things I look for in an actor is whether we can converse. Do we have… — Jennifer Lynch Copy Share Image
You've got to make the most of where you are. Then, when you're somewhere else, you've got to have the ability to… — Anthony Edwards Copy Share Image
The highest art of professional management requires the literal ability to 'smell' a 'real fact' from all others. — Harold Geneen Copy Share Image
I've shown I have the ability to reduce spending, I've shown I have the ability to reduce onerous regulations, and I've shown… — Matt Rosendale Copy Share Image
What starts love is your ability to stupefy and blind yourself to the point of being able to fall in love. What… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Once you focus on being the best you can be rather than 'making it' you actually have a better chance of 'making… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People always told me that my natural ability and good eyesight were the reasons for my success as a hitter. They never… — Ted Williams Copy Share Image
Your ability to still your mind through the process of meditation and inner reflection and outer change brings a stillness to the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity, a patron, and even the… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
An essential aspect of maturing is developing the ability to take increasing responsibility for our own lives—to become increasingly self-directed — Malcolm Knowles Copy Share Image
I do feel like I've got this power - it does feel like I've got this lasso-ing ability to get people in… — Tom Rosenthal Copy Share Image
Dad is so empathetic and has the ability to recognize pain, to feel others' pain, and to comfort. It's also made family… — Ashley Biden Copy Share Image
Science boosts its claim to truth by its spectacular ability to make matter and energy jump through hoops on command, and to… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Look at the problem of drug-resistant TB in the world. Look at HIV in the world. What's going to be required for… — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
