Quotes About Ability

I admire President Obama's ability to trust strangers.

The higher goal a person pursues, the quicker his ability develops, and the more beneficial he will become to the society. I believe for sure that this is also a truth.

The ability to ask questions is the greatest resource in learning the truth.

The success of my rule does not rely on my ability to recite obscure Latin verse.

The entire point of life was the ability to make one's own choices. Foreknowledge of anything—especially the circular kind, such as Kashkari's presence at Eton because he'd dreamed of it—was terribly limiting and ran counter to the concept of free will.

The tools of his trade included faith, perseverance, resilience, and the ability to learn—to change and to grow. But his greatest tool of all, always, was hope.

First character, then ability.

As I have said before, I had no illusions about my performing ability. But I did not know that my despair was brought about not because I had no talent but because I did not know how to develop it.

Our aim needs to be the nurturing of children. The moment we rigidly convince ourselves, "Education is what we're after," we warp a child's development. -1-  First foster the heart, then help the child acquire ability. This is indeed nature's proper way.

Ability will get you success; character will keep you successful.

Intelligence is quickness to learn. Ability is the skill to apply what is learned. Competence is the ability and the desire to apply what is learned. Desire is the attitude that makes a skillful person competent. Many skillful people are incompetent. Ability without the right attitude is wasted.

You must force yourself to be patient, but in constancy there is no particular effort involved--there is only the unchanging ability to accept things as they are. For people who have no idea of emptiness, this ability may appear to be patience, but patience can actually be non-acceptance.

Perseverance is for people with belief in their own ability, complacency is one arrogant step ahead.... for people with no clue of others' ability.

It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well

Play to your strength; then you are always strong.

The very best and the very worst of life will come from [their] ability to love strangers.

Mediocrity does not see higher than itself. But talent instantly recognizes the genius.

Human communities depend upon a diversity of talent not a singular conception of ability. and at the heart of the challenge is to reconstitute our sense of ability and intelligence

Human communities depend upon a diversity of talent not a singular conception of ability

[Memory] is a passion no less powerful or pervasive than love. It is [the ability] to live in more than one world, to prevent the past from fading, and to call upon the future to illuminate it.

If you have your health and the ability to do what you love to do then I think we are all blessed and so keeping a light heart is really important.

I had things with numbers - because I love numbers - but it's not something I'm proud of. I'm proud that I was able to send them away, because you're much more present.

I love music, and I can play a little. But anyone can see the difference between someone who's talented and someone that's not.

CAN is 100 times more important than IQ