Ability Quotes

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The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities, and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more assiduity… — Noah Webster
Each morning the day lies like a fresh shirt on our bed; this incomparably fine, incomparably tightly woven tissue of pure prediction fits us perfectly.… — Walter Benjamin
All lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they never perform; vowing more than the perfection of ten,… — William Shakespeare
The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies.… — Clarence Darrow
The average golfer's problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing — Ben Hogan
A belief is only a thought you continue to think. A belief is nothing more than a chronic pattern of thought, and you have the… — Esther Hicks
As we give of our time, talents and resources to tend the needs of the sick, offer food to the hungry and teach the dependent… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Whatever you have received more than others-in health, in talents, in ability, in success, in a pleasant childhood, in harmonious conditions of home life-all this… — Albert Schweitzer
Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around… — Elbert Hubbard
Good storytelling is harder than it sounds, but the easy part is that everyone has the ability to do it. ...Tap into it. — Peter Guber
When we speak of choice, what we mean is the ability to exercise control over ourselves and our environment. In order to choose, we must… — Sheena Iyengar
We have the ability to create choice by altering our interpretations of the world. — Sheena Iyengar
All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish… — Henry David Thoreau
There is only one rule by which to judge if God is near us or is far away - the rule that God's word is… — John F. Kennedy
Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to the good leadership of others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It appears that nature has hid at the bottom of our hearts talents and abilities unknown to us. It is only the passions that have… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is ability to articulate human relationships. — Gore Vidal
Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the common denominator of the female nature. It's the female weapon and the test of a man is his ability… — Tennessee Williams
There are no grades of vanity; there are only grades of ability in concealing it. — Mark Twain

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