Quotes About Ability

To his surprise he...discovered that it was possible to be good at what you had little interest in, just as it had been possible to be bad at something…that you cared about a great deal.

As a boy, he had not realized what his father must have known, that pain could have a cumulative effect. Your ability to withstand it had much to do with your ability to catch your breath between its assaults.

We are more likely to fail as craftsmen due to our inability to organize obsession than because of our lack of ability.

I try very hard to be annoying. Don't insult my ability to annoy.

I thought about all the things I was suddenly able to do—like fight with a sword and summon a magical shell of armor. Those were not things I covered in home school.

How do you have five children in a row, each on a different say?" "They're gods," Carter said. "They can do stuff like that.

I'm just a repair guy who can throw the occasional fireball.

A good artist must be good at many things.

Magnus, it may shock you to learn that I do not have every talent in the world. Just most of the important ones.

I do love competence in a man.

The self-destructive nature of Clinton's sexual addiction subverted his ability to lead. That is the distinction between Clinton and other presidents who had extramarital affairs. While Lyndon Johnson, Dwight Eisenhower, Franklin Roosevelt, and John Kennedy all had affairs, Levin says, they differ from Clinton in that their 'private indiscretions were not self-destructive and did not compromise their leadership.' Clinton's certainly did.

It was a tribute to my ability to present an image so at variance with what I felt that few noticed I was in any way different.

Its was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one's development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one's ability and beyond, so that thereafter one has a new standard by which to judge oneself.

dignity' has to do crucially with a butler's ability not to abandon the professional being he inhabits.

It was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one's development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one's ability and beyond, so that thereafter one has new standards by which to judge oneself.

Yes, I can talk and think at the same time. Most people can, though I suppose you wouldn't know that from personal experience. Elena (Bitten)

Take note, Anderson. Size and martial ability do not need to come with a correlating decrease in intelligence.

In other words, don't rely on special powers." "Same way I'm not going to let you run in front of a moving van even if I have healing abilities.

If initiative is the ability to do the right thing, then efficiency is the ability to do the thing right.

Concision is the sister of talent.

Sa, anch'io gioco un pochino a tennis, e pensavo...» «Se lei gioca a tennis solo un pochino, allora probabilmente non è al mio livello.»

He would never get on anywhere except in an organization where fanaticism was more important than ability.

The presence of Christ brings us his power and ability to use our limited resources in limitless ways.

Power is the ability to afford not to learn.