Ability Quotes - page 6

As long as we can tell stories about our ability to survive, the more we will hope, not self-destruct. (Christina Ricci)
Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability. View quote
Roy L. Smith
Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears. View quote
Barbara Johnson
The difference between a top-flight creative man and the hack is his ability to express powerful meanings indirectly. View quote
Vance Packard
I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create. View quote
Yousuf Karsh
I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind. View quote
Martina Hingis
The largest challenge that we face, from my perspective, is the ability to continue moving forward so the agency will have a single mission: that is, to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing. View quote
Alphonso Jackson
Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are. View quote
Bryant H. McGill
Prior to the PATRIOT Act, the ability of government agencies to share information with each other was limited, which kept investigators from fully understanding what terrorists might be planning and to prevent their attacks. View quote
Chris Chocola
Never let life impede on your ability to manifest your dreams. Dig deeper into your dreams and deeper into yourself and believe that anything is possible, and make it happen. View quote
Corin Nemec
At a family's most difficult time, I want to make sure at a minimum that they have the very basic of comforts: the ability to grieve their loss privately and the knowledge that their country is grateful for their loved one's sacrifice and service. (Dave Reichert)
America's strength is not our diversity; our strength is our ability to unite people of different backgrounds around common principles. A common language is necessary to reach that goal. View quote
Ernest Istook
Hospitals must provide emergency treatment to all who walk through the door, regardless of their citizenship status or ability to pay. View quote
Gary Miller
One, I love the creativity. I love the ability to create a capital structure that is appropriate for a company, no matter what field it happens to be in. View quote
Henry Kravis
My God given talent is my ability to stick with training longer than anybody else. View quote
Herschel Walker
The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason. View quote
Marya Mannes
Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent. View quote
Nolan Ryan
Our ability to effectively engage China and the Arab world rests on shared economic and political interests and mutual understanding. View quote
Rick Larsen
I go for as much feeling as I can rather than show what I can do up and down the neck. I don't play to show people ability. View quote
Robin Trower
Indian culture certainly gives the Indian mind, including the mind of the Indian scientist, the ability to think out of the box. View quote
Roland Joffe
The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind of intelligence. So intelligence is a hard thing to evaluate and it manifests itself in so many different ways. I do think the ability to know how to live a life and not be miserable is a sign of that. (Todd Solondz)
As a boy I believed I could make myself invisible. I'm not sure that I ever could, but I certainly had the ability to pass unnoticed. View quote
Terence Stamp
My dad was an entrepreneurial businessman, and maybe I got some of his ability. View quote
Thomas Jane
I think education is one of the greatest tools for most kids not only to expand their book knowledge, but their ability to experience new things - I think it opens more doors than any other experience I can think of. View quote
Will Estes
The ability of players to jump teams when their contracts are up has hurt fan loyalty. View quote
Will McDonough