Quotes About Ability

Dwarfs can often do the work of giants when they are transformed by the almost magic power of great mental concentration. But giants will only do the work of dwarfs when they lack this power.

The degree of randomness in such an activity and our ability to isolate the contribution of the individual determine the visibility of the skills content.

narrative fallacy addresses our limited ability to look at sequences of facts without weaving an explanation into them, or, equivalently, forcing a logical link, an arrow of relationship, upon them. Explanations

The narrative fallacy addresses our limited ability to look at sequences of facts without weaving an explanation into them, or, equivalently, forcing a logical link, an arrow of relationship, upon them.

than others at whatever we do for a living. Ninety-four percent of Swedes believe that their driving skills put them in the top 50 percent of Swedish drivers; 84 percent of Frenchmen feel that their lovemaking abilities put them in the top half of French lovers.

They haven't the mental equipment for leisure.

Whatever its gratifications, a sense of belonging is not equal to trust in my mind or confidence in my ability to master the challenges of life. The fact that others esteem me is no guarantee I will esteem myself.

Once again we note that poor self-esteem can show up as lack of generosity toward the contributions of others or a tendency to fear their ability—and, in the case of a leader or manager, an inability to elicit their best from people.

A man whose notion of "power" is stuck at the level of "sexual domination" is a man frightened of women, frightened of ability or self-assurance, frightened of life.

Freedom means change; the ability to manage change is at least in part a function of self-esteem.

I thought: Freedom means change; the ability to manage change is at least in part a function of self-esteem. Sooner or later, all roads lead to self-esteem.

There is a vast difference between the things I can do, and the things I choose to do.

Mom could have been a great sniper if she had chosen that line of work.

If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.

People with no morals often considered themselves more free, but mostly they lacked the ability to feel or to love. So they became swingers. The dead fucking the dead. There was no gamble or humor in their game - it was corpse fucking corpse.

complaint is often the result of an insufficient ability to live within the obvious restrictions of this god damned cage.

Just like some guys can't taxi or pimp or hustle dope, most guys, and gals too, can't be postal clerks.

testament to the human capacity to adapt (or, less charitably, to our ability to operate in ignorance).

His best talent had yet to be determined, unless you counted unrealized potential.

When God puts His hand on a plain, ordinary person whom He has destined for leadership, that person is given mountain-matching abilities, whether he be a Roosevelt, a Lincoln, a Nehemiah-or a person like you or me.

We gain the ability to rejoice under pressure through a carefully monitored training program directed by the Lord Himself.

our ability to analyze data has grown far more sophisticated than our thinking about what we ought to do with the results. You

Zynga is about fun. Fun is important. Fun is good. And to have the ability to do something fun for 10 or 15 minutes that's right at your fingertips and involves your friends, well, that's better than television in terms of social connectivity.

I think the biggest misconception is that people think deaf people are not able to do things.