The only difference between your abilities and others is the ability to put yourself in their shoes and actually try.
A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.
The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.
Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
The main thing is the YOU beneath the clothes and skin--the ability to do, the will to conquer, the determination to understand and know this great, wonderful, curious world.
I had all the characteristics of a human being—flesh, blood, skin, hair—but my depersonalization was so intense, had gone so deep, that my normal ability to feel compassion had been eradicated, the victim of a slow, purposeful erasure. I was simply imitating reality, a rough resemblance of a human being, with only a dim corner of my mind functioning
No one rises to low expectations
Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create a world without risks, nor would we really wish to live in such a fictional place. Only a totalitarian society would even claim absolute safety as a worthy ideal, because it would require total state control over its citizens’ lives. Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons.
There is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God's ability to free you from the past.
when we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus
Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent.
I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.
Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing.
The possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a comtempt for mere external show
During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.
No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.
Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.
It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.
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