Ability Quotes
5560 quotes by 3541 authors
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Today, as always, the people, no less than the courts, must remain vigilant to preserve the principals of our Bill of Rights, lest in our…
— Earl Warren
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Free will is the ability to do gladly that which I must do.
— Carl Jung
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Your success in life does not altogether depend on ability and training; it also depends on your determination to grasp opportunities that are presented to…
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than…
— Eric Hoffer
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The ability to relax and be mindfully present in the moment comes naturally when we are grateful.
— Louise Hay
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The earth has enough knowledge and resources to eradicate this ancient scourge. Hunger has plagued the world for thousands of years. But ending it is…
— George McGovern
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The big majority of Americans, who are comparatively well-off, have developed an ability to have enclaves of people living in the greatest misery almost without…
— Gunnar Myrdal
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The victims of social injustice, since time eternal, have always been without the resources and the ability to fight back. They are defenseless and voiceless.…
— Tommy Makem
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Your brain never stops developing and changing. It's been doing it from the time your were an embryo, and will keep on doing it all…
— James Trefil
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I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food, which they take for granted -…
— Geoffrey Household
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The ability to provide choices and the right to make choices that prove not detrimental, are the fundamental ingredients of free trade and independence.
— John Truman Stoddert
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The mightiest works have been accomplished by men who have somehow kept their ability to dream great dreams.
— Walter Russell Bowie
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A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is oneself.
— Clifton Fadiman
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Rocket scientists agree that we have about reached the limit of our ability to travel in space using chemical rockets. To achieve anything near the…
— Wilson Greatbatch
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Being involved in competition is a privilege and an opportunity. Seek to make the most of that opportunity by pushing yourself to the limit of…
— Tony La Russa
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Nate Robinson has a lot of jumping ability, but I don't see Josh losing.
— Dominique Wilkins
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The triple-double is just a stat. It's a test of your strength and stamina and playing ability, really.
— Oscar Robertson
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To deny an entire group of people the ability to be legal couples is anti-American and anti-freedom. As a devoted husband and father of two,…
— Chris Kluwe
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I will now direct the attention of scientists to a previously unnoticed cause which brings about the metamorphosis and decomposition phenomena which are usually called…
— Justus von Liebig
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Political success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it.
— Laurence J. Peter
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