Ability Quotes
5560 quotes by 3541 authors
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In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good…
— Ansel Adams
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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to…
— Douglas Adams
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People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those…
— Albert Bandura
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In a single generation, the Internet has given to virtually every person on the face of the earth the ability to communicate with fellow human…
— Bob Barr
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I know how to do anything, I'm a mom.
— Roseanne Barr
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Women of this planet need some essential resources: wells, seeds and roads. That is primarily all we have ever needed. Added to that, women need…
— Roseanne Barr
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During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character…
— Bernard Baruch
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Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting…
— Cecil Beaton
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To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.
— Joseph Addison
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Kids can have great passion and great ability but if you have the facilities for your particular sport that can give you the inspiration to…
— David Beckham
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.
— Saul Bellow
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
— Warren G. Bennis
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Husbands, recognize your wife's intelligence and her ability to counsel with you as a real partner regarding family plans, family activities, and family budgeting. Don't…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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There are blessings in being close to the soil, in raising your own food even if it is only a garden in your yard and…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're…
— Andrew Bernstein
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If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to modify your goal slightly.…
— Halle Berry
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Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.
— Ambrose Bierce
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I am angry that the Democrats don't have the ability to explain to Republicans that we should be able to feed people in this country,…
— Lewis Black
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The thing that makes my generation The Greatest is our ability to hang out. We're spectacular at it. If you take somebody from my generation…
— Lewis Black
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