Ability Quotes

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Never doubt my weaseling abilities, Shadowhunter, for they are epic and memorable in their scope. — Cassandra Clare
Now that I think about it, it seems to me thatâ€™s what Idiocy is: the ability to be enthusiastic all the time about anything you… — Julio Cortazar
I didn't know what I wanted to Be...A sense that I had permanently botched things already, embarked on the trip without the map. and it… — Deb Caletti
Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability. — George Bernard Shaw
I am confident of my ability to demonstrate that one can sometimes believe in something and yet not believe in it. Nothing is less fathomable… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity;… — Barack Obama
Though loyal and able and brave, Pea had never displayed the slightest ability to learn from his experience, though his experience was considerable. Time and… — Larry McMurtry
The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. — Stephen Covey
Through Nic's drug addiction, I have learned that parents can bear almost anything....I shock myself with my ability to rationalize and tolerate things once unthinkable.… — David Sheff
If you understand real practice, then archery or other activities can be zen. If you don't understand how to practice archery in its true sense,… — Shunryu Suzuki
Nefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. 'Did she cry?' she asked sweetly. 'And then you kissed her? You shouldn't have… — Barbara Mertz
The ability to retain a child's view of the world with at the same time a mature understanding of what it means to retain it,… — Mortimer Adler
Holmes had cultivated the ability to still the noise of the mind, by smoking his pipe and playing nontunes on the violin. He once compared… — Laurie R. King
We were meant to survive because of our minds' ability to reason, our ability to live with frustration in order to maintain our virtue. We… — Anchee Min
Itâ€™s funnyâ€”when people call you â€œshy,â€ they usually smile. Like itâ€™s cute, some funny little habit youâ€™ll grow out of when youâ€™re older, like the… — Claudia Gray
...It is a proud privilege to be a soldier â€“ a good soldier â€¦ [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a… — George S. Patton
When I begin to doubt my ability to work the word, I simply read another writer and know I have nothing to worry about. My… — Charles Bukowski
It must be quite difficult, concealing your superior male qualities behind a mask of feigned humility.â€ Why, Gillian, itâ€™s that very ability that makes us… — Victoria Alexander
Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability to feel empathy… — Ann Patchett
Can you sacrifice a few? When those few are the best? Deny the best its right to the top--and you have no best left. What… — Ayn Rand

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