Ability Quotes

5560 Ability quotes by 3394 unique authors

Whenever anybody gets involved in politics, its always exciting for me because we take for granted our freedoms and our abilities to effect change through… — Emily Saliers
Jerry Seinfeld is amazing in many ways, not the least of them his ability to find humor, and convincing us to find it, too, in… — Tom Shales
There is a real sense of anger among many people who are married that the government, any government, thinks it has the ability to change… — Philip Hammond
I am a sucker for romance and I love girls and that is a terrible combination, because romance has the ability to overwhelm your perspective. — Joshua Harris
As we hone the ability to let go of distraction, to begin again without rancor or judgment, we are deepening forgiveness and compassion for ourselves.… — Sharon Salzberg
I have this vision of maybe going the way of Bill Kurtis and, I think, Tom Brokaw, to a certain extent - the ability to… — Lester Holt
Will biofuel usage require land? Absolutely, but we think the ability to use winter cover crops, degraded land, as well as using sources such as… — Vinod Khosla
Prose cannot compete with the economy of poetry, the ability to have a full artistic experience in a short period of time. — Mary Karr
What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I worked with the best - Givenchy, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent - and it gave me an ability to be confident. It turned me into… — Kimora Lee Simmons
Managers will tell people what to do, whereas leaders will inspire them to do it, and there are a few things that go into the… — Jeff Weiner
Our ability to perceive the world around us seems so effortless that we tend to take it for granted. — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
My friends and I have always loved the Neutrogena brand and their ability to help inspire confidence. So when I found out I was actually… — Miranda Cosgrove
You always feel like rock critics are frustrated musicians. I envy musicians their ability to live their art and share it with an audience, in… — Todd Haynes
Many can argue that it is our power of intelligence that is the key to the human domination of our planet. I suggest that it… — Yehuda Berg
During a movie, you lose all ability to focus on your own interests. Your life is in service. After that you just want to disappear,… — Robert Richardson
The college that takes students with modest entering abilities and improves their abilities substantially contributes more than the school that takes very bright students and… — Derek Bok
The key to success is often the ability to adapt — Anthony Brandt
To live you have to experiment, to have the ability to experiment you have to have confidence, to have confidence you have to be loved,… — Nicolas Cage
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to. — George Allen
Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet… — Maxwell Maltz
Everyone excels in something in which another fails. — Latin Proverb
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability… — Tom Brokaw
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper. — Robert Frost

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