Ability Quotes · Page 70

Men and women succeed because they find a field of endeavor that matches their interests and abilities.

— Ben Stein

Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success.

— Mark Spitz

I learned that I had the willpower and ability to reshape my body and my lifestyle.

— Mardy Fish

“Until you take time to discover yourself, you never know what you can achieve or how far you can go”

— Sunday Adelaja

Keep doing what you love to the best of your ability. Stop judging and get out of your own way.

— Wayne Dyer

The ability to be funny in real life and be funny onstage or onscreen are two different things.

— Janelle James

Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.

— Barbara Johnson

I just get on with my job and do that job to the best of my ability.

— Tony Pulis

People with no morals often considered themselves more free, but mostly they lacked the ability to feel or love.

— Charles Bukowski

When I played cricket for the West Indies, I never worried. I never really watched anyone else. I had a job to…

— Garfield Sobers

The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of…

— Tom Lehrer

As you gain experience, you mature as an individual, and along with that comes the confidence that you have the ability to…

— Chuck Noll

The ability to defend yourself is a basic necessity like food and water. We exempt food and water from the sales tax.

— Matt Shea

Schools that are to cater for the whole population must offer courses that are as rich and varied as are the needs…

— Peter Fraser

The single most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up and walk away from the table without…

— Paul Gauguin

As an actor, you people-watch, you observe. And the more famous you become, the sad thing is you lose the ability to…

— Gary Oldman

The combination of the growth of these digital technologies, the ability of the government to conjure up these secret interpretations, plus a…

— Ron Wyden

“Genius is the ability to leave entirely out of sight our own interest, our willing, and our aims, and consequently to discard…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

I look forward serenely to the course of events, confident that the Fountain of supreme wisdom and virtue will provide for the…

— Gouverneur Morris

The USA FREEDOM Act ends the NSA's unfettered data collection program once and for all, while at the same time preserving the…

— Ted Cruz

But all the while, there was one thing we most needed even from the start, and certainly will need from here on…

— Robert Farrar Capon

According to Herodotus, the ancient Persians felt that what was necessary in the background of a young man entering adulthood was his…

— Jeff Cooper

The smart strategist allows strategy to be shaped by events. Good reactions can make great strategy. Strategy involves competition of goals, and…

— Max McKeown

Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems…

— Bernard Beckett

The greatest gift is the ability to forget - to forget the bad things and focus on the good.

— Joe Biden

Your ability to work with people directly affects your ability to get work done in the world.

— Robert Greene

One of the marks of true greatness is the ability to develop greatness in others.

— J. C. Macaulay

The power of music that poetry lacks is the ability to persuade without argument.

— William Matthews

Our ability to destroy ourselves is the mirror image of our ability to save ourselves,

— Terence McKenna

“Everyone has the ability to choose their mental state. It is up to us to program our own minds.”

— Pam Malow-Isham

If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen.

— Cher

“Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens.”

— Elizabeth George

If we did the things we were capable of doing we would literally astonish ourselves.

— Thomas Edison

The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.

— Barry Diller

The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence.

— Kathleen Turner

Arizonans want cheaper groceries, the ability to buy a house, and a shot at the American dream.

— Ruben Gallego

Directing for me is the ability to take the words from a page and share my vision with the world.

— Denzel Whitaker

A mother's ability to provide for her children is not always tied to income, but rather to education.

— Cat Cora

“Having the best doesn't make you the best but producing the best makes you the best”

— Ejembi Louis

Don't be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities and don't let the bastards get you down.

— Michael Bloomberg