Ability Quotes

5560 Ability quotes by 3394 unique authors

Someone once asked me what I regarded as the three most important requirements for happiness. My answer was: A feeling that you have been honest… — Eleanor Roosevelt
The most striking aspect of linguistic competence is what we may call the 'creativity of language,' that is, the speaker's ability to produce new sentences,… — Noam Chomsky
Bodybuilding is an art, your body is the canvas, weights are your brush and nutrition is your paint. We all have the ability to turn… — Kai Greene
Thomas Jefferson made a comment about the Presidency and age. He said that one should not worry about one's exact chronological age in reference to… — Ronald Reagan
A committed heart does not wait for conditions to be exactly right. Why? Because conditions are never exactly right. Indecision limits The Almighty and His… — Andy Andrews
Clearly drive, IQ, and hard work are incredibly important. But ultimately what matters most is resilience--the ability to quickly rebound from failures, indeed to see… — Arianna Huffington
I am unlimited in my own ability to create the good in my life. — Louise Hay
To help us bring benefit to others through our words and actions, it is useful to cultivate an attitude of sympathetic joy in others’ achievements… — Dalai Lama
Each of us must make the effort to contribute to the best of our ability according to our individual talents. And then we put all… — John Wooden
Success is the ability to live your life, the way you want to live it, doing what you enjoy most, surrounded by people you admire… — Brian Tracy
Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose. — Rollo May
The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our… — Todd Gitlin
It doesn't have the ability to think rationally this economic model. It thinks like a drug addict: 'Where can I get my next fix?' It… — Naomi Klein
Do something today that reflects who you are, what you are capable of, what you care about. Give yourself plenty of evidence of what you… — David Niven
It's not the lack of ability or opportunity that holds you back; it is only a lack of confidence in yourself. — Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton
Confidence is believing in your own ability, knowing what you have to do to win. My confidence was developed through preparation. — Jack Nicklaus
Confidence is a belief in myself and my ability. I built my confidence through hard training. I believed there was no one out there working… — Joan Benoit
The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. — Bill Parcells
When we are in the grasp of illusion - or, for that matter, whenever we have a new idea - instead of searching for ways… — Leonard Mlodinow
It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality. That's why writing on the Internet… — Roger Ebert
All of us who attended the meeting - including Microsoft - unanimously agreed that unilaterally extending the Java programming language would hurt compatibility among Java… — James Gosling
Man's most human characteristic is not his ability to learn, which he shares with many other species, but his ability to teach and store what… — Margaret Mead
I look for lessons in every experience. It adds to my leadership abilities. — Omarosa Manigault
Our collective freedom... depends on our ability to defend the rights of others. — Walter Mosley
Gentleness is the ability to bear reproaches and slights with moderation, and not to embark on revenge quickly, and not to be easily provoked to… — Aristotle

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