Ability Quotes

5560 Ability quotes by 3394 unique authors

It is truly excellent to have someone believe in you and your ability to write. But I think it is just as helpful to have… — Kate DiCamillo
The folkish state must not adjust its entire educational work primarily to the inoculation of mere knowledge, but to the breeding of absolutely healthy bodies.… — Adolf Hitler
But it would be absolutely mistaken to regard a wealth of theoretical knowledge as characteristic proof for the qualities and abilities of a leader. — Adolf Hitler
Take away the ability of an intelligent, principled, hard-working mind to get it wrong, and you take away the whole thing. — Kathryn Schulz
The most important thing a writer can have [is] the ability to live with the constant loneliness and a strong sense of revulsion for the… — Hunter S. Thompson
I agree with Marjorie Rosen's good psychological analysis of my acting ability. — Pola Negri
For the high achievers, studying gave them the pleasing, absorbing challenge of flow 40 percent of the hours they spent at it. But for low… — Daniel Goleman
But a good patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition,… — Edmund Burke
Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability… — Woody Hayes
There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will… — Bergen Evans
In a world where survival is always seen as a struggle, and in which some pitfalls always exist, if something brings into question our confidence… — Willard Gaylin
Leadership is simply the ability of an individual to coalesce the efforts of other individuals toward achieving common goals. It boils down to looking after… — Frederick W. Smith
For the baby boomer generation, a home is now seen not as the cornerstone of advancement but a ball and chain, restricting their ability and… — Mortimer Zuckerman
I think that once you open the door and allow people in on a certain aspect, it's very hard to then control how far that… — Rosie O'Donnell
I've always felt that I would rather see an actor, writer, or musician's work, rather than actually know the person. If you know too much… — Christian Bale
I always feel more comfortable in chaotic surroundings. I don't know why that is. I think order is dull. There is something about this kind… — Malcolm Mclaren
Being an Olympian is the ultimate test of one's sporting ability. — Mark Russell
Of all the inventions that have helped to unify China perhaps the airplane is the most outstanding. Its ability to annihilate distance has been in… — Soong May-ling
It is an obvious and blatant stupidity beyond my ability to articulate how dumb it is for us not to teach our children how to… — Richard Dreyfuss
At its best, cinema does retain a remarkable ability to speak to people of every age, from every background, and in ways that almost any… — David Puttnam
People who eat potatoes will never be able to perform their abilities in whatever job they choose to have. — Richard Cobden
The best actors, I think, have a childlike quality. They have a sort of an ability to lose themselves. There's still some silliness. — Kenneth Branagh
So my game is solid. So that obviously makes me feel confident, that like anybody else in this field, you name them, I feel like… — Greg Norman
If God continues to give me health and a sane mind and verbal ability, I want to teach. — Richard Rohr
My God given talent is my ability to stick with training longer than anybody else. — Herschel Walker

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