Ability Quotes

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I think women have an innate ability to be intuitive with people that they truly love, but they have to trust that inner voice, and… — Andie MacDowell
The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than… — Niccolo Machiavelli
War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Pay attention to those employees who respectfully ask why. They are demonstrating an interest in their jobs and exhibiting a curiosity that could eventually translate… — Harvey Mackay
I had a quick grasp of the secret to sanity, it had become the ability to hold the maximum of impossible combinations in one's mind. — Norman Mailer
More than ever before, consumers have the ability to unify their voices and coalesce their buying power to influence corporate behaviors. — Simon Mainwaring
For decades, media companies have largely controlled the tools through which consumers were told what to buy, wear or think. Now consumers possess the same… — Simon Mainwaring
Let's hope brands recognize that the true power of this technology is not its reach but its ability to communicate substance that adds meaning to… — Simon Mainwaring
The most potentially transformative impact of social media is its ability to encourage brands to marry profit and purpose. The reason brands participate is that… — Simon Mainwaring
I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument. — John Major
Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to… — Andre Malraux
The government, for example, has determined that black people (somehow) have fewer abilities than white people, and, so, must be given certain preferences. Anyone acquainted… — David Mamet
I understand that computers, which I once believed to be but a hermaphrodite typewriter-cum-filing cabinet, offer the cyber literate increased ability to communicate. I do… — David Mamet
In my family, in the days prior to television, we liked to while away the evenings by making ourselves miserable, solely based on our ability… — David Mamet
Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward. — Wilma Mankiller
The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason. — Marya Mannes
The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do. — Orison Swett Marden
No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more… — Orison Swett Marden
Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career. — Orison Swett Marden
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him… — Bob Marley

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