Ability Quotes

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In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. — George Eliot
People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He knew a lot about his grandparents - and perhaps he feels he's been endowed with abilities to go into people's heads who are long… — Jeffrey Eugenides
A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations. — William Feather
The bottom line: if you want a happier family, create, refine and retell the story of your family's positive moments and your ability to bounce… — Bruce Feiler
Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want. — Dianne Feinstein
Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine! Softball is amazing that way as a sport.… — Jennie Finch
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty… — Peggy Fleming
What distinguishes a great mnemonist, I learned, is the ability to create lavish images on the fly, to paint in the mind a scene so… — Joshua Foer
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history. — Malcolm Forbes
If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is… — Henry Ford
If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from… — Henry Ford
Not only the entire ability to think rests on language... but language is also the crux of the misunderstanding of reason with itself. — Johann Georg Hamann
The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom. — Herbie Hancock
What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities. — Augustus Hare
My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can… — Keith Haring
I think first and foremost everybody should understand that Canadians are strongly committed to the system of universal health insurance, to the principle that your… — Stephen Harper

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