Ability Quotes

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The worst of all diseases is a nervous ability. — Edward Dyson
A lot of people have the ability, but they don't put forth the effort. — Joe Carter
I really believe that we don't have to make a trade-off between security and privacy. I think technology gives us the ability to have both. — John Poindexter
To be a scholar of mathematics you must be born with talent, insight, concentration, taste, luck, drive and the ability to visualize and guess. — Paul Halmos
Luck is not a magical ability or a gift from the gods. Instead, it is a way of thinking and behaving. — Richard Wiseman
The less their ability, the more their conceit. — Ahad Ha'am
Our natural state of being is in relationship, a tango, a constant state of one influencing the other. Just as the subatomic particles that compose… — Lynne McTaggart
The test of a theory is its ability to cope with all the relevant phenomena, not its a priori 'reasonableness'. The latter would have proved… — John Polkinghorne
Plenty of mathematicians, Hardy knew, could follow a step-by-step discursus unflaggingly-yet counted for nothing beside Ramanujan. Years later, he would contrive an informal scale of… — Robert Kanigel
Spies are a most important element in water, because on them depends an army's ability to move. — Sun Tzu
The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all its meaninglessness. — Martin Esslin
People do not follow uncommitted leaders. Commitment can be displayed in a full range of matters to include the work hours you choose to maintain,… — Stephen R. Gregg
Execution is the ability to mesh strategy with reality, align people with goals, and achieve the promised results. — Lawrence Bossidy
If there is a trait which does characterize leaders it is opportunism. Successful people are very often those who steadfastly refuse to be daunted by… — John Viney
The ability to stand by one's principles, to live with integrity and faith according to one's belief-that is what matters, that is the difference between… — Howard W. Hunter
I have found that great people do have in common. . .an immense belief in themselves and in their mission. They also have gerat determination… — Yousuf Karsh
Life beats down and crushes our souls and theatre reminds us that we have one. At least the type of theatre that I'm interested in;… — Sanford Meisner
Where would we in Washington and we in America be without the Center? We would know much less about the workings of our Congress, and… — Seymour Hersh
Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others. — John C. Maxwell
For our self respect depends upon our ability to make requital, for good or for evil. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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