Quotes
Quotes about Ability
If there be anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind, till we have surveyed it accurately on all sides.
Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, "Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary.
Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future as finishers.
God does not ask about our ability, but our availability.
Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
Ability is a poor man's wealth.
Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.
From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.
All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.
Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.
The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.
I know I have the ability to do so much more than just stand in front of the camera the rest of my life.
Humans have the ability to shift perspective. We can experience the world through our senses. Or we can remove ourselves from our senses and experience the world even less directly. We can think about our life, rather than thinking in our life. We can think about what we think about our life, and we can think about what we think about that. We can shift perceptual positions many times over.
The measure of a man's success must be according to his ability. The advancement he makes from the station in which he was born gives the degree of his success.
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Perhaps the most valuable result of al education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not.
During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.
