Most children are given far too much praise for their early drawings, so much so that they rarely learn the ability to… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I think I have experience in rowing, and that has given me some ability to go about racing. I'm lucky genetically. I… — Bryan Volpenhein Copy Share Image
Certainly I would like to have some of the qualities of other players and obviously from Roger Federer. But believe me, there… — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
Start small; Think possibilities; Reach beyond your known abilities; Invest all you have in your dream; Visualize miracles; Expect to experience success. — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
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Most men use their knowledge only under guidance from others because they lack the courage to think independently using their own reasoning… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Countries that are occasionally immature in their ability to manage their economic affairs as well as they should - and that includes… — Charles Dallara Copy Share Image
If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to modify… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
Women's marathoning was not added as an Olympic medal event until 1984 due to unfounded and bizarre concerns among Olympic organizers about… — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
A lot of times things get blown out of proportion in a negative light, especially in the NBA, ... But there are… — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
Women have an extraordinary ability to withdraw from the sexual relationship, to immunize themselves against it, in such a way that their… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
You have to be able to observe life as if you were a camera all the time, constantly looking at light and… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
If, as an actor, you allow yourself to be cocooned from the boring pin-pricks of day-to-day existence - like standing in a… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
The ability to recognize opportunities and move in new - and sometimes unexpected - directions will benefit you no matter your interests… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
At the moment, our society's notion of success is largely composed of two parts: money and power. But it's time for a… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
Do not slip into writing for the mind and the mind alone. In other words, do not play merely upon our ability… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
I love kids and I maintain that they are our future, that we adults owe them the ability to achieve their potential… — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
For God's will gave men their form, their essence and their abilities. Anyone who destroys His work is declaring war on the… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
My own ambition, my deepest and truest ambition, is to find within myself someday, somehow, the ability to do likewise, to do… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
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The most complex challenge for an actor is the ability to give dimension to the story from the time that it happened,… — Benjamin Avila Copy Share Image
The ability to share the gospel isn't a 'gift' that has been given to only a few Latter-day Saints and denied to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Joe Kennedy isn't in the habit of having incompetents around. I wouldn't have lasted three months if I didn't have some ability. — Sargent Shriver Copy Share Image
The creative mind doesn't have to have the whole pattern-it can have just a little piece and be able to envision the… — Arthur Fry Copy Share Image
Loneliness is a prerequisite for freedom. Freedom depends on the ability to reflect, and reflection can only begin when one is alone. — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
My talent is working very hard and having a decent nose. A good nose for a story and the ability to get… — Steve Bunce Copy Share Image
An esoteric or enlightened teacher of Buddhism is someone who has the ability to transfer power to another individual. A real empowerment… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The strongest thing you can cultivate as an entrepreneur is to not rely on luck but cultivating an ability to recognize fortunate… — Jack Dorsey Copy Share Image
I think leadership comes from the top down, but a great leader knows when the time is right to act, and leadership… — John E Ferling Copy Share Image
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The trick is to combine your waking rational abilities with the infinite possibilities of your dreams. Because, if you can do that,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I worked with the best - Givenchy, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent - and it gave me an ability to be confident. It… — Kimora Lee Simmons Copy Share Image
When I turned thirteen and took a typing class, with typical early teen enthusiasm and total lack of critical ability, I started… — Sherwood Smith Copy Share Image
In great cities where people of ability abound, there is always a feverish urge to keep ahead, to set the pace, to… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
The ability to hold two competing thoughts in one's mind and still be able to function is the mark of a superior… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Woman's inaptitude for reasoning has not prevented her from arriving at truth; nor has man's ability to reason prevented him from floundering… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then… — Rosalynn Carter Copy Share Image
Publishers, editors, agents all have one thing in common, aside from their love of cocktail parties. It's an incredible taste and an… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
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