Ability Quotes

5560 Ability quotes by 3394 unique authors

Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without… — Jerome K. Jerome
Two hallmarks of a healthy life are the abilities to love and to work. Each requires imagination. — Sigmund Freud
As people enable themselves to achieve one or two goals for the year that are most meaningful, they will find power, peace of mind, and… — Stephen Covey
You mustn't confuse the need for effective chairmanship, which is part of the job of the boss, along with the ability to take tough decisions… — Charles Kennedy
Talent? What is talent but the ability to get away with something? — Tennessee Williams
I believe that happiness consists in having a destiny in keeping with our abilities. Our desires are things of the moment, often harmful even to… — Madame de Stael
Kurosawa was one of film's true greats... His ability to transform a vision into a powerful work of art is unparalleled. So it seemed appropriate… — George Lucas
You cannot increase the quality or quantity of your achievement or performance except to the degree in which you increase your ability to use your… — Brian Tracy
Investing is not as tough as being a top-notch bridge player. All it takes is the ability to see things as they really are. — Warren Buffett
Responsibility is the most important ability that a person can possess. — John C. Maxwell
As a salesperson, you will be judged by your ability to keep a stalled conversation moving along briskly. — Harvey Mackay
Whenever we pride ourselves upon finding a newer, stricter way of thought or exposition Â… we lose something of the ability to think new thoughts.… — Gregory Bateson
Science does not give us absolute and final certainty. It only gives us assurance within the limits of our mental abilities and the prevailing state… — Ludwig von Mises
The class of those who have the ability to think their own thoughts is separated by an unbridgeable gulf from the class of those who… — Ludwig von Mises
When I got the script to this movie, The Good Girl, I read it in an hour. The writer, Mike White, has an ability to… — Jennifer Aniston
Let us consider what we call vicious luxury. No gratification, however sensual, can of itself be esteemed vicious. A gratification is only vicious when it… — David Hume
I know it sounds strange - a blind teenager buzzin' round on a motorcycle - but I liked that; that was me. I had always… — Ray Charles
Students work in schools making life studies for years, win prizes for life studies and find in the end that they know practically nothing of… — Robert Henri
The character of greatness must be measured in two ways, else the measurement is flawed. First, and by far most popular of all, is by… — Guy Finley
Ronnie Barker was a straightforward man who had this extraordinary ability to make the nation laugh — Michael Palin

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