Ability Quotes

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Asil left Bran alone with his thoughts then, because if he stayed, Bran would argue with him. This way, Bran would have no one to… — Patricia Briggs
[W]hen a group of people make something sacred, the members of the cult lose the ability to think clearly about it. Morality binds and blinds. — Jonathan Haidt
Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
There is no need for ants to have the ability to fly — Karl Pilkington
But in the end, we canâ€™t live our lives by â€˜what ifâ€™ and â€˜if only.â€™ We can only do the best we can to the… — Terry Goodkind
Power. What do we mean? 'The ability to determine another man's luck.' ...how is it that some men attain mastery over others while the vast… — David Mitchell
When you're in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it. — Twyla Tharp
To suffer is one thing; another thing is living with the photographed images of suffering, which does not necessarily strengthen conscience and the ability to… — Susan Sontag
I am but one more drop in the great sea of matter, defined, with the ability to realize my existence. — Sylvia Plath
I do not like that I allowed my past to close me off. I do not like that I let circumstances rob me of the… — Megan Hart
It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory, but when you succeed, you start to realize that you're capable of far more than… — Paulo Coelho
Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Youâ€™re probably thinking: Wait, you just charged in without a plan? But Annabeth and I had been fighting together for years. We knew each otherâ€™s… — Rick Riordan
You see, when our attitudes outdistance our abilities, even the impossible becomes possible. — John C. Maxwell
Do you know what I've learned? That although ecstasy is the ability to stand outside yourself, dance is a way of rising up into space,… — Paulo Coelho
The afternoon and the early evening slide by in a lidded daze where the ability to think in any identifiable way disappears and where every… — James Frey
Responsibility is the ability to respond. — Lucille Ball
One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity,… — Napoleon Bonaparte
[...] allowing only ordinary ability and opportunity, we may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!! Not transient… — Frederick Douglass
It is said the warrior's is the twofold Way of pen and sword, and he should have a taste for both Ways. Even if a… — Miyamoto Musashi

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