Ability Quotes

5560 Ability quotes by 3394 unique authors

It is the acquisition of skills in particular, irrespective of their utility, that is potent in making life meaningful. Since man has no inborn skills,… — Eric Hoffer
The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brain and in your hands, wherever you go. — Barbara Kingsolver
When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must be highly gratifying… — Samuel Johnson
To some of us, hunger was more academic than real, but we must try to develop the ability to feel the urgency of such a… — Eleanor Roosevelt
A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two. — George Herbert
It'is like a book, I think, this bloomin' world. — Rudyard Kipling
The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's shoulders to mount on. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Be guided by the axiom: There are no limits to the ability to contribute on the part of a properly selected, well-trained, appropriately supported, and,… — Tom Peters
The carpenter is not the best who makes more chips than all the rest. — Arthur Guiterman
Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability. — Edmund Burke
Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without… — Jerome K. Jerome
Two hallmarks of a healthy life are the abilities to love and to work. Each requires imagination. — Sigmund Freud
As people enable themselves to achieve one or two goals for the year that are most meaningful, they will find power, peace of mind, and… — Stephen Covey
You mustn't confuse the need for effective chairmanship, which is part of the job of the boss, along with the ability to take tough decisions… — Charles Kennedy
Talent? What is talent but the ability to get away with something? — Tennessee Williams
I believe that happiness consists in having a destiny in keeping with our abilities. Our desires are things of the moment, often harmful even to… — Madame de Stael
Kurosawa was one of film's true greats... His ability to transform a vision into a powerful work of art is unparalleled. So it seemed appropriate… — George Lucas
You cannot increase the quality or quantity of your achievement or performance except to the degree in which you increase your ability to use your… — Brian Tracy
Investing is not as tough as being a top-notch bridge player. All it takes is the ability to see things as they really are. — Warren Buffett
Responsibility is the most important ability that a person can possess. — John C. Maxwell
As a salesperson, you will be judged by your ability to keep a stalled conversation moving along briskly. — Harvey Mackay
Whenever we pride ourselves upon finding a newer, stricter way of thought or exposition Â… we lose something of the ability to think new thoughts.… — Gregory Bateson
Science does not give us absolute and final certainty. It only gives us assurance within the limits of our mental abilities and the prevailing state… — Ludwig von Mises
The class of those who have the ability to think their own thoughts is separated by an unbridgeable gulf from the class of those who… — Ludwig von Mises
When I got the script to this movie, The Good Girl, I read it in an hour. The writer, Mike White, has an ability to… — Jennifer Aniston

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