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title: "22 Innate Ability Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 22 Innate Ability quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Innate Ability sayings and thoughts."
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> [Enthusiasm is more important to mastery than innate ability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/enthusiasm-is-more-important-to-mastery-than-innate-ability/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

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> [I just was built with an innate ability to not let fear guide me in how I run my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-iger/i-just-was-built-with-an-innate-ability-to-not-let-fear-guide-me-in/)

[Bob Iger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-iger/)

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> [Every woman's innate ability to let anything go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-macfarlane/every-woman-s-innate-ability-to-let-anything-go/)

[Seth MacFarlane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-macfarlane/)

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> [“You possess a unique, innate ability to see most aspects of most situations all at once!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-breen/you-possess-a-unique-innate-ability-to-see-most-aspects-of-most/)

[Rosemary Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-breen/)

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> [Choose to make up for what you lack in innate ability with discipline, hard work, and good habits. Become a creature of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-hardy/choose-to-make-up-for-what-you-lack-in-innate-ability-with-discipline/)

[Darren Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-hardy/)

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> [I've always had an innate ability to dance, but I'm not as spiffy as those cinema legends like Gene Kelly and Fred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-travolta/i-ve-always-had-an-innate-ability-to-dance-but-i-m-not-as-spiffy-as/)

[John Travolta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-travolta/)

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> [Enthusiasm is more important than innate ability, it turns out, because the single more important element in developing an expertise is your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/enthusiasm-is-more-important-than-innate-ability-it-turns-out-because/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

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> [Natural talent is a questionable phenomenon. Inclination perhaps, but innate ability is extremely rare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/natural-talent-is-a-questionable-phenomenon-inclination-perhaps-but/)

[Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/)

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> [I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/i-realized-a-while-back-that-i-have-an-innate-ability-to-be/)

[Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/013/ricky-williams-6740_ability_i-realized-a-while-back-that-i-have-an-i_729075.jpg)

> [“Enthusiasm is more important to mastery than innate ability, it turns out, because the single most important element in developing an expertise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/enthusiasm-is-more-important-to-mastery-than-innate-ability-it-turns/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

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> [“But over time, people can lose their innate ability to fascinate. They acquire layers of boring.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-hogshead/but-over-time-people-can-lose-their-innate-ability-to-fascinate-they/)

[Sally Hogshead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-hogshead/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/sally-hogshead-32634_fascinate_but-over-time-people-can-lose-their-inna_509264.jpg)

> [“Even if you have the innate ability to do great things, if you’re petrified of failure, you won't be able to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-king/even-if-you-have-the-innate-ability-to-do-great-things-if-you-re/)

[Patrick King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-king/)

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> [You had to work tremendously hard. You had to have that commitment to training, you had to have that innate ability. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rankin/you-had-to-work-tremendously-hard-you-had-to-have-that-commitment-to/)

[Paul Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rankin/)

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> [“The human mind’s innate ability to imagine and create ensures that we never remain stalled out in who we are. We constantly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kilroy-j-oldster/the-human-mind-s-innate-ability-to-imagine-and-create-ensures-that-we/)

[Kilroy J. Oldster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kilroy-j-oldster/)

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> [What do you know about seers? It's said to be an innate ability. Those who have it are born that way. Some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gaius/what-do-you-know-about-seers-it-s-said-to-be-an-innate-ability-those/)

[Gaius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gaius/)

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> [I'm a good neurosugeon. That's not a boast but a way of acknowledging the innate ability God has given to me. Beginning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-m-a-good-neurosugeon-that-s-not-a-boast-but-a-way-of-acknowledging/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [ “\[S\]elf-assurance, motivation, and a good method play a much more important role in language learning than the vague concept of innate ability,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-lomb/s-elf-assurance-motivation-and-a-good-method-play-a-much-more/)

[Kató Lomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-lomb/)

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> [We sometimes think of being good at mathematics as an innate ability. You either have "it" or you don't. But to Schoenfeld,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/we-sometimes-think-of-being-good-at-mathematics-as-an-innate-ability/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/962/malcolm-gladwell-348_ability_we-sometimes-think-of-being-good-at-math_2986390.jpg)

> [“IQ is a measure, to some degree, of innate ability. But social savvy is knowledge . It's a set of skills that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/iq-is-a-measure-to-some-degree-of-innate-ability-but-social-savvy-is/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [What often separates the good from the great is a layer of innate ability, a gift, so it's partly that. There's many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rankin/what-often-separates-the-good-from-the-great-is-a-layer-of-innate/)

[Paul Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rankin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/paul-rankin-26650_ability_what-often-separates-the-good-from-the-g_1345200.jpg)

> [Intuition is the innate ability in everyone to perceive truth directly - not by reason, logic, or analysis, but by a simple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goswami-kriyananda/intuition-is-the-innate-ability-in-everyone-to-perceive-truth/)

[Goswami Kriyananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goswami-kriyananda/)

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> [Most people define "street smarts" as some innate ability to make savvy decisions, or one that has developed as a result of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-menkes/most-people-define-street-smarts-as-some-innate-ability-to-make-savvy/)

[Justin Menkes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-menkes/)

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