Ability Quotes

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Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory. — William Barclay
What makes a great endurance athlete is the ability to absorb potenial embarrassment, and to suffer without complaint. I was discovering that if it was… — Lance Armstrong
No one is better born than another, unless they are born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition. — Seneca the Elder
Technology is driving the innovation. Technology is driving the creativity. Technology and the use of that is going to determine our workers' ability to compete… — Ron Kind
We have more ability than will power, and it is often an excuse to ourselves that we imagine that things are impossible. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The methods that will most effectively minimize the ability of intruders to compromise information security are comprehensive user training and education. Enacting policies and procedures… — Kevin Mitnick
For a long time it puzzled me how something so expensive, so leading edge, could be so useless. And then it occurred to me that… — Bill Bryson
[Smart] is an elusive concept. There's a certain sharpness, an ability to absorb new facts. To ask an insightful question. To relate to domains that… — Bill Gates
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability… — Maya Angelou
The condition which high friendship demands is ability to do without it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Those whose abilities or knowledge incline them most to deviate from the general round of life are recalled from eccentricity by the laws of their… — Samuel Johnson
The power, indeed, of every individual is small, and the consequence of his endeavours imperceptible, in a general prospect of the world. Providence has given… — Samuel Johnson
To blindly trust government is to automatically vest it with excessive power. To distrust government is simply to trust humanity - to trust in the… — James Bovard
The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction. — Douglas MacArthur
What has made me successful is the ability to surrender my plans, dreams and goals to a power that's greater than other people and greater… — Oprah Winfrey
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves. — Eric Hoffer
What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to a great challenge? — Bette Greene
Now intelligence seemed quantifiable. You could measure someone's actual or potential height, and now, it seemed, you could also measure someone's actual or potential intelligence.… — Howard Gardner
Look at the word responsibility-"response-ability"-the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for… — Stephen Covey
I believe that every man can multiply his own ability by almost constant wordless realization of his unity with his Source. I have, myself, made… — Walter Russell

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