Ability Quotes

“The last and most important part of communication is the ability to say ‘no’.”
― Dr Prem Jagyasi

“A twisted spine condemned him to walk with a limp, but as he said famously, “I do not limp when I read, nor when I write.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

“AMATEUR, n. A public nuisance who mistakes taste for skill, and confounds his ambition with his ability.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“we all are born with unbelievable inner potential and creative abilities, which, if fully manifested, will reveal our true potential and define our true self.”
― Dr Prem Jagyasi

“Stanford University's psychologist Carol Dweck and her colleagues have discovered that what you believe about intellectual ability—whether you think it's a fixed gift, or an earned ability that can be developed—makes a difference to your behavior, persistence, and performance. Students who see ability as fixed—as a gift—are more vulnerable to setbacks and difficulties. And stereotypes, as Dweck rightly points out, "are stories about gifts—who has them and who doesn't." Dweck and her colleagues are shown that when students are encouraged to see math ability as something that grows with effort—pointing out, for example, that the brain forges new connections and develops better ability every time they practice a task—grades improve and gender gaps diminish (relative to groups given control interventions).”
― Cordelia Fine, Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference

“To us power is, first of all, the ability to define phenomena, and secondly the ability to make these phenomena act in a desired manner.”
― Huey P. Newton, The Huey P. Newton Reader

“Being a positive person doesn’t mean you don’t feel negative emotions. It means you have faith in your ability to get through tough situations, hope for better days and the willingness to see beyond the drama.”
― Leticia Rae

“Ability determines if you can; attitude determines if you will.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

“You cannot be blessed with the ability to be happy without being cursed with the ability to be unhappy.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“God not only provided us with the ability to choose, to make decisions, but He also desires that we make these choices and decisions in consultation with Him, His written word and the guidance of His Holy Spirit.”
― Paddick Van Zyl

“I can readily see the tyrants that stand all around me. But what I have a hard time seeing is the hero that resides within me. And I have effectively determined whether I will succeed or fail simply by choosing which of these two I will focus on.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“There is no greater force of amiability, or ability,
Than to have strength combined with flexibility.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, The Tao of Physical and Spiritual

“The only expertise everyone shares is the ability to make mistakes.”
― Jeffrey G. Duarte

“Half of the time I think I know what I’m doing. The other half of the time I’m doubting that I really knew what I was doing the first half of the time. So that leaves me turning to God all of the time.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“It’s not our disabilities, it’s our abilities that count.”
― Chris Burke

“Your logic is what limit all your abilities.”
― Deyth Banger

“I was "older" in my head than some people twice my age. But the stupid government mandated an arbitrary measure, days on this earth, to account for ability or maturity.”
― Sienna Blake, Irish Kiss

“More lives are being lost because some have lost their ability to understand the meaning of life.”
― Gift Gugu Mona

“Don’t wait for perfect conditions because life has no perfect conditions. The secret to success lies in your ability to do more with less.”
― Moffat Machingura, Life Capsules for Success: 50 Energy Capsules to Speed Boost You Towards Your Success, Now!

“Kuwa na kiasi katika matarajio yako. Hatuna uwezo wa kuona mambo kama Mungu anavyoyaona.”
― Enock Maregesi

“Break the mold, do whatever the hell you want within your abilities. Don't overextend yourself to create a false appearance of wealth and success”
― Candice Galek

“Everyone has the ability to choose their mental state. It is up to us to program our own minds.”
― Pam Malow-Isham, Brilliant Words to Grow By: A Devotional Celebrating the Duality of Life

“Living in bliss is the ability to appreciate all.”
― Pam Malow-Isham, Brilliant Words to Grow By: A Devotional Celebrating the Duality of Life

“The possibilities of today were once the impossibilities of yesterday. So, the impossibilities of today are the possibilities waiting to be unveiled”
― Gabriel E.O.F. Omoboriola

“Ukijidharau unadharau uwezo ambao Mungu alikuwekea ndani yako.”
― Enock Maregesi

“I judge the competence of radiation researchers not by their discoveries, but by their ability to recover from the biologically toxic exposures.”
― Steven Magee

“There are no disables, only unable people. There is no disability big enough to bury a man's true abilities.”
― Paul Bamikole

“Often times, celebrated disability is a excuse to cover up real abilities.”
― Paul Bamikole

“Likely the greatest ability that I have is the ability to acknowledge my inability so that I might make room for God’s ability.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The ability hides behind confusion, comparison & cowardice, we have never searched that because of our inability to realize that it exists, how can we find something which we don’t believe to be our own and happens to be lost.”
― Shahenshah Hafeez Khan