Quotes About Ability

True genius is a mind of large general powers accidentally determined in some particular direction.

How fast were you? Wes asked me. I said, Not that fast. You mean you couldn't... fly? he said, smiling at me.

Hearing-impaired people can totally play instruments," said Marigold.

Ba?kalar?, ?u kadarc?k güç ve yetenekle rahat bir kendini be?enmi?lik içinde ortal?kta dolanabiliyorken, ben, gücüm ve yetilerimden ötürü kendi kendimi bitirecek miyim? Her ?eyimi ba???layan Tanr? ke?ke bunlar?n yar?s?n? esirgeyip kendime güvenmeyi ve kendimle yetinebilmeyi ö?retseydi bana!

No one knows the extent of his powers unless he has tested them thoroughly.

people readily accept credit when told they have succeeded, attributing it to their ability and effort. Yet they attribute failure to such external factors as bad luck or the problem's "impossibility." When we win at Scrabble, it's because of our verbal dexterity. When we lose, it's because "I was stuck with a Q but no U.

A considerable percentage of these respondents [to a question about their ability to mix cocktails] are in the "somewhat" category on ability to mix cocktails.… Evidently, they do not have much confidence in their cocktail-mixing

In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience.

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee. And I will pay more for that ability.

I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life.

One does what one can, not what one cannot.

Because of my life experiences, I understand that I have an opportunity to help other women. I have the desire and the ability.

I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.

One good test of whether an economy is humanistic or not is the plausibility of earning the ability to drop out of it for a while without incident or insult.

The issue isn't, Am I good enough? No. The issue is, Do I not have any other choice? Will and desire don't matter. Ability doesn't matter. Need is the only thing that matters.

We're all collectors by nature. But if you're talking about an orderly life, there has to be a stop sign somewhere. Building a collection requires a strong constitution and the ability to resist.

The thing about Duran... that gives you the ability to bring all that opportunity back into your life.

Being a broadcaster encompasses the business of sport, which is my life today, and it encompasses the skills of being a history student, and the ability of being a performer.

Narrator: You had to give it to him: he had a plan. And it started to make sense, in a Tyler sort of way. No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide.

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Davos has become the emblem of a global elite that has lost its ability to listen.

Most people with ADHD or VAST have low scores in Fact Finder (which does not mean bad; there are no bad scores on a Kolbe test) because their natural talent lies in their ability to cut to the chase and summarize information instead of digging into details.

There are several medications used in the treatment of ADD. They all help the individual to focus better. In a sense, they act like internal eyeglasses, increasing the brain's ability to focus on one task over time while filtering out competing stimuli or distractions.