Ability Quotes
5560 quotes by 3510 authors
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I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.
— Rick Riordan
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The ability to keep your mouth shut is usually a sign of intelligence
— Holly Goldberg Sloan
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The on and off thing is kind of annoying, isn't it? First with Cole, now with Gavin. "Maybe you need a tune up." I rolled…
— Gena Showalter
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I believe that we have the ability to change our lives using our imaginations. Imagination is a muscle—the more you use it, the stronger it…
— Rodman Philbrick
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Our exclusive dependence on rational thought and language has obscured our natural ability to sense the flow of energy.
— Ilchi Lee
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Our ability to know about ourselves and the world is what makes us human
— Veronica Roth
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Real love is always chaotic. You lose control; you lose perspective. You lose the ability to protect yourself. The greater the love, the greater the…
— Jonathan Carroll
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Take away someone’s fear, or low intelligence, or dishonesty . . . and you take away their compassion. Take away someone’s aggression and you take…
— Veronica Roth
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Writers remember everything...especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, and he'll tell you the story of each small one.…
— Stephen King
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Power is the ability to do good things for others.
— Brooke Astor
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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
— Elbert Hubbard
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Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their…
— Confucius
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Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
— Lou Holtz
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Although there may be tragedy in your life, there's always a possibility to triumph. It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The…
— Oprah Winfrey
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The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business--or almost anywhere else for that matter.
— Lee Iacocca
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Time goes by: reputation increases, ability declines.
— Dag Hammarskjold
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Mom used to quote Isaiah 64: about waiting on the Lord. It doesn't mean being complacent. It means understanding that he has a plan, and…
— Tim Tebow
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The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.
— Thomas A. Edison
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Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream…
— John F. Kennedy
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Each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence.
— Og Mandino
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