Quotes About Ability

In schools they have what they call intelligence tests. Well if nations held 'em I don't believe we would be what you would call a favorite to win it.

There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it.

Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal opposition to poverty, racism and militarism.

Those who can, do. Those who can do more, volunteer.

In Eckankar, we teach Soul Travel. This is one of the aspects of the teachings of the Holy Spirit. Soul Travel simply means the ability to travel as Soul.

was able to see God not as the source of our anguish but as the source of our ability to cope with it, to love and to comfort and to enjoy and ultimately to grieve for a very special child.

However, the mind has an amazing ability to continue worrying away at a problem all on its own, so that when the "Eureka!" comes it is as mysterious as if it were God speaking.

Life is full of chances -- and those times when we each trust our own guts and have a terrific outcome reaffirms our ability to make good decisions.

I believe in talent. I know you're not supposed to believe in that anymore because you're supposed to believe if you just work hard you can do anything. That's how you succeed, maybe. But talent is something you're born with. You cannot acquire it by working hard, and you cannot lose it by lying around either.

When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports, organized sports.

Genetics or brain chemistry, trauma or karma? It doesn't really matter what it's called—after all, no one really knows for sure what causes this affliction—except that it ends. Can I stop doing this? Am I even able? The bees trapped inside my body buzz and whir, needling my nerve endings with delicate stings.

In those long-ago days I saw a daughter with a disability. Now I see a beautiful, engaging person with a different ability, one that has blessed her with extra gifts and special perceptions.

Look what was sown by the stars At night across the fields I am not defined by scars But by the incredible ability to heal

The expression 'Those who can't do, teach' is a curious one, because if you look at the world , you'll see that teachers aren't particularly worse at doing things than anyone else, so perhaps the expression might be better worded as 'nobody can do anything

Russians are too kind, they lack the ability to apply determined methods of revolutionary terror.

Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.

When ambition outstrips ability, that is always a recipe for disaster.

Una persona che sa scrivere una lunga lettera con facilità non può scrivere male.

mas, sabe, nem todos nascemos com os mesmos poderes... os mesmos modos...

I cannot intend anything which it must be so completely beyond my power to command.

We can find a great sector or business, but we're investing so early that unless there's this tenacious grit, determination, resourcefulness, ability to evolve, it won't work.

I have got a self-confidence that I have the ability but felt I was not being lucky and was an unlucky person.

We weren't built to fly. We can do it, but we shouldn't be surprised if it feels a little unnatural.

I can't do anything other than writing. I'm not very able, generally. If I'd not been a writer, I would probably be a very unsuccessful political adviser to someone or have worked for a council.