Ability Quotes
5560 quotes by 3541 authors
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Our ability to adapt and therefore to accept everything is one of our greatest dangers. Creatures that are completely flexible, changeable, can have no fixed…
— Stanislaw Lem
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I see clearly that the thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful;…
— Pope Francis
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Pace is crucial. Fine writing isn't enough. Writing students can be great at producing a single page of well-crafted prose; what they sometimes lack is…
— Rose Tremain
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I consider my musical ability to be a gift from the Creator. It's not that I try to work hard or nothing like that, it's…
— Erykah Badu
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The usual way the people are taught to think in amerika is that each subject is in a little compartment and has no relation to…
— Assata Shakur
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Power is the ability to define phenomena, and make it act in a desired manner.
— Huey Newton
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Instruction tables will have to be made up by mathematicians with computing experience and perhaps a certain puzzle-solving ability. There need be no real danger…
— Alan Turing
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I listened more than I studied... therefore little by little my knowledge and ability were developed.
— Joseph Haydn
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As long as no more than a small minority are capable of reading and writing, universal alphabetization seems like a messianic project. Only once everyone…
— Peter Sloterdijk
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I’ve been married for 29 years. My marriage has been the greatest joy of my life. There is nothing conservative about denying other Americans the…
— Jon Huntsman, Jr.
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I believe unconditionally in the ability of people to respond when they are told the truth. We need to be taught to study rather than…
— Septima Poinsette Clark
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You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if [President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela] thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think…
— Pat Robertson
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The key in terms of mental ability is chess. There's never been a woman Grand Master chess player. Once you get one, then I'll buy…
— Pat Robertson
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Faith is a spiritual force....It is substance. Faith has the ability to effect natural substance.
— Kenneth Copeland
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An investor will succeed by coupling good business judgment with an ability to insulate his thoughts and behavior from the super-contagious emotions that swirl about…
— Warren Buffett
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Pondering a passage of scripture can be a key to unlock revelation and the guidance and inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Scriptures can calm an…
— Richard G. Scott
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When we obey the commandments of the Lord and serve His children unselfishly, the natural consequence is power from God—power to do more than we…
— Richard G. Scott
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Father in Heaven knew that you would face challenges and be required to make some decisions that would be beyond your own ability to decide…
— Richard G. Scott
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The Atonement is real. As you steadily do the things the Lord would have you do, a change will occur in you, and Satan's ability…
— Henry B. Eyring
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Patience-the ability to put our desires on hold for a time-is a precious and rare virtue. We want what we want, and we want it…
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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