Quotes About Ability

The ability of writers to imagine what is not self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.

But not for Joshua. Joshua had been steeped in violence for as long as he could remember. There were, no doubt, many other men who could do what he did. But it took a rare man to do it so well. One who combined physical ability, cold obsession, professional training and an absolute lack of remorse in one lethal package.

But ability yields to deliberate, organized practice. The brain is the most expansive organ we have; it really does change. You learn something and your brain changes.

Compliments in America can take an almost aggressive form, as if the speaker needs to defend her own shortcomings rather that simply to rejoice in another's ability.

God never calls you to do something without also giving you the ability to complete it.

It's possible that a not-so-smart person who can communicate well can do much better than a super-smart person who can't communicate well.That is good news because it is much easier to improve your communication skills than your intelligence.

he tested his newfound abilities by guessing the time without looking at the clock. The numbers flickered in his head, just behind his covered eye, and he said out loud, "Three forty-seven P.M." He then looked over at the nightstand clock, which read 9:04 A.M. The ESP, he determined, came and went.

And, though it might be hard to believe now, I showed a fucking lot of promise.

All this only proves that you don't have to be a nice person to be extremely talented. You can be a shit and be talented and, conversely, you can be the nicest guy in the world and not have any talent. Stanley Kubrick is a talented shit.

My achievements should never be my enemies fear but rather the ability to destroy them after those achievements

The gift of discernment simply gives you the ability to distinguish what spirit or spirits are at work in a person or an environment.

In Mastery author Robert Greene argues that we all have the ability to push the limits of human potential.

I believe ability can get you to the top," says coach John Wooden, "but it takes character to keep you there.… It's so easy to … begin thinking you can just 'turn it on' automatically, without proper preparation. It takes real character to keep working as hard or even harder once you're there. When you read about an athlete or team that wins over and over and over, remind yourself, 'More than ability, they have character.'

What ANY person in the world can learn, almost ALL people in the world can learn. If provided with proper learning conditions.

Life is a journey, and I may not have always lived up to my ability, but I have always lived purposefully, and I guess readers get caught up with me, raising the questions, looking for the answers, looking to be a little more understanding, a little less judgmental, a little more merciful. I hope so.

no matter what your ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.

effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.

In fact, studies show that people are terrible at estimating their abilities.

Just because some people can do something with little or no training, it doesn't mean that others can't do it (and sometimes do it even better) with training. This is so important, because many, many people with the fixed mindset think that someone's early performance tells you all you need to know about their talent and their future.

When people are in a growth mindset, the stereotype doesn't disrupt their performance. The growth mindset takes the teeth out of the stereotype and makes people better able to fight back. They don't believe in permanent inferiority. And if they are behind—well, then they'll work harder, seek help and try to catch up. The growth mindset also makes people able to take what they can and what they need even from a threatening environment.

Actually, people with the fixed mindset expect ability to show up on its own, before any learning takes place.

Just because someone can do something with little or no training, it doesn't mean that others can't do it (and sometimes do it even better) with training.

People with the growth mindset, however, believe something very different. For them, even geniuses have to work hard for their achievements. And what's so heroic, they would say, about having a gift? They may appreciate endowment, but they admire effort, for no matter what your ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.

a fixed ability that needs to be proven, and a changeable ability that can be developed through learning.