Ability Quotes

5560 Ability quotes by 3394 unique authors

Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not when Caligula's horse was made Consul — John Randolph
The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art.. if you are scared to go to the brink,… — John Foster Dulles
Try your skill in gilt first, then in gold — English Proverb
The most accomplished monkey cannot draw a monkey, this only man can do; just as it is also only man who regards his ability to… — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
There is only one security, and when you've lost that security, you've lost everything you've got. And that is the security of confidence in yourself;… — L. Ron Hubbard
Leadership has been defined as the ability to hide your panic from others — Lao Tzu
Love alone can unite living beings so as to complete and fulfill them... for it alone joins them by what is deepest in themselves. All… — Pierre Teilhard De Chardin
The motivating force of the theory of a Democratic way of life is still a belief that as individuals we live cooperatively, and, to the… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.Eric Hoffer — Eric Hoffer
I'm a passionate believer in the inherent creativity possessed by all people and our inherent ability--if it's not clouded by convention--to appreciate authentic beauty in… — Porter Arneill
Strength is the ability to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of those pieces — Judith Viorst
The world judge of men by their ability in their professions, and we judge of ourselves by the same test; for it is on that… — William Hazlitt
One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. — Arnold H. Glasow
Leadership is the ability to do, not the ability to state — Unknown Author
I learned that a great leader is a man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do… — Harry S. Truman
Strategic communication is at the core of effective leadership. Through a leader's use of verbal and written symbols employees are motivated or deflated, informed or… — Reed Markham PhD
Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling their missions — Charles Garfield
If intelligence is the ability to adapt to change, then wisdom is to know how and why to adapt for more than personal or economic… — Ivan Urlaub
Genius - the ability to produce fantastic amounts of equally fantastic bullshit that all makes perfect sense — Jason Zebehazy
The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your… — Jim Morrison
Why should humans in their unsurity decide what species are and are not important to humans? Is nature's characteristic ability to naturally select species not… — Ivan Urlaub
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill
There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can't find a parent who will admit that it is his… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection… — M H Abrams
Success is what you do with your ability. It's how you use your talent. — George Allen, Sr.

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