Ability Quotes · Page 69

Few people are lacking in capacity, but they fail because they are lacking in application.

— Calvin Coolidge

When the act of pursuit is complete, pleasure shows it's untamed power.

— Denise Clark

“I never encountered any crisis in life, because I solved my problems before they turned into crisis.”

— Amit Kalantri

Tackling, and that ability to stay on your feet and pressurise a player, is a dying art.

— Peter Storey

From each according to his ability, to each according to his ability.

— Craig Bruce

Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.

— Rick Pitino

Internet has created the ability to connect people instantly.

— Frank Dukes

I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers.

— Patricia MacLachlan

Your fey cousin here has the miraculous ability to hold his liquor--and mine, and yours, and the king's, and half the country's,…

— Alethea Kontis

A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which…

— Madeleine L'Engle

You mustn't confuse the need for effective chairmanship, which is part of the job of the boss, along with the ability to…

— Charles Kennedy

You have the power to tear me to pieces, to wound me so deep and true that I'll never recover. What Rissa's…

— Nalini Singh

Never let someone bring you down. You're only as good as you make yourself. No one can decide your ability or destiny.

— Nishan Panwar

I’ve always thought that each person invented himself… that we are each a figment of our own imagination. And some people have…

— David Geffen

I think the thing I had going for me is a good pedigree and joke-writing ability. But a good pedigree, for the…

— Neal Brennan

One thing I have is that I have never been afraid to expose myself in a way, and I really think I…

— John Turturro

Future literacy is the ability to forecast approximate milestones and create the capacity to reach them, regardless of contextual change. It's the…

— Bryan Johnson

The reality is there's a limit to how many people any country can bring in. And we as a country have a…

— Stephen Miller

One of the manifestations of depression for me is that I lose my will. And I thereby lose my ability to focus.…

— Rachel Maddow

We worry about appearing awkward in a presentation. But up to a point, most people seem to feel more comfortable with less-than-perfect…

— John P. Kotter

Everyone on the Left has a favorite story that allows them to kind of excuse Reagan, explain away Reagan, say he was…

— Rick Perlstein

I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading opened to me. I knew right there in prison that reading had…

— Malcolm X

I'm asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington . . . I'm asking…

— Barack Obama

We are coming to understand health not as the absence of disease, but rather as the process by which individuals maintain their…

— Aaron Antonovsky

You only live once, so make sure you live it to the fullest.

— KT

Those who listen to lies lose the ability to hear the truth.

— Austin O'Malley

Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful.

— Neil LaBute

You've got to leave your mark while you can and definitely try to be the best you can.

— Todd Gurley

A good school teaches you resilience - that ability to bounce back.

— Kate Reardon

Take a chance on your own abilities clearly, neither exaggerating them nor under-assessing them.

— Seth

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

— Samuel Johnson

When did we begin to lose faith in our ability to effect change?

— Wynton Marsalis

Realize your talents and skills and focus all that energy to one goal.

— Anil Sinha

“Do what you have to do... before you do what you want to do.”

— Katrina Cureton

Your ability can take you to the greatest height, but only your character can retain you there.

— Terry Mark

Creativity is the ability to see relationships where none exist.

— Anonymous

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Being a sport star and a chef both require passion, commitment, work and natural ability.

— Paul Rankin

The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.

— Sam Snead

The performances of others are often selected as standards for self-improvement of abilities

— Albert Bandura