Ability Quotes

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Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing. — Baltasar Gracian
As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The mark of an educated man is the ability to make a reasoned guess on the basis of insufficient information. — Abbott Lawrence Lowell
The ability to see the good in others and the bad in ourselves is perfect vision. — John Wooden
Learning improves in school environments where there are comprehensive music and arts programs. They increase the ability of young people to do math. They increase… — William J. Clinton
Cinemaâ€™s characteristic forte is its ability to capture and communicate the intimacies of the human mind. — Satyajit Ray
Play is kids' work in that it is a form of experiential learning that contributes directly to a person's ability to handle failure, to work… — Jill Vialet
Only the redeemed have the ability to like what God likes and to be pleased with what pleases God. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The more highly we think of ourselves-our abilities and talents-the less God can use us. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person. — Immanuel Kant
A lot of people probably think I'm not athletic or don't even try to work out or whatever, but I do. Just because you're big… — Prince Fielder
Angelo is a brilliant jazz talent. His receptivity, seriousness, his ability to execute ideas simple or complex, combined with his love and feel for the… — Mulgrew Miller
The chief element in the art of statesmanship under modern conditions is the ability to elucidate the confused and clamorous interests which converge upon the… — Walter Lippmann
A person who has during all time maintained the imposing position of spiritual head of four-fifths of the human race, and political head of the… — Mark Twain
A person who is trained to consider his actions, to undertake them deliberately, is in so far forth disciplined. Add to this ability a power… — John Dewey
I learned little save that most of the deeds, good and bad both, incurring opprobrium or plaudits or reward either, within the scope of man's… — William Faulkner
Now more than ever, as the role of memory in our culture erodes at a faster pace than ever before, we need to cultivate our… — Joshua Foer
Men are in numberless instances qualified for certain things, for no other reason than because they are qualified for nothing else. — William Hazlitt
At the present time there exist problems beyond our ability to solve, not because of theoretical difficulties, but because of insufficient means of mechanical computation. — Howard Aiken
One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the… — Jean de La Fontaine

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