Ability Quotes

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  We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

  Stevie Wonder

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  "The Story of Stevie Wonder". Book by James Haskins, 1976.

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• I launched Chefs for Humanity, a national nonprofit, with my voice, heart and money from my own pocket. Money gives you the ability to make a difference in the world and, when used in a positive way, is a lot of fun.

  Cat Cora

  Fun, Heart, Voice

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• A mother's ability to provide for her children is not always tied to income, but rather to education.

  Cat Cora

  Mother, Children, Income

  "A Recipe for Fighting Child Malnutrition" by Cat Cora, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 17, 2012.

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• Planning is the mother of almost every other ability. Make your plan and set a timetable for its accomplishment in writing.

  Sterling W Sill

  Mother, Writing, Generosity

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• I am inspired beyond my ability to articulate... and now I know what and who I want to be... a soldier for peace.

  Will Smith

  Israel, Soldier, Want

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• One of the powerful functions of a library-any library-lies in its ability to take us away from worlds that are familiar and comfortable and into ones which we can neither predict nor control, to lead us down new roads whose contours and vistas provide us with new perspectives.

  Richard F. Thomas

  Powerful, Lying, Perspective

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• Gifts and abilities, no matter how magnificent, are either limited or enhanced by character.

  John Wimber

  Character, Matter, Magnificent

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• If I win, it's because of my natural ability and if I lose, it's because I wasn't trying so hard.

  Kelly Ripa

  Winning, Trying, Natural

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• Effort, not ability, makes the biggest difference in achievement.

  William J. Clinton

  Differences, Achievement, Effort

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• Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach.

  Woody Hayes

  Men, Years, Trouble

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• People who eat potatoes will never be able to perform their abilities in whatever job they choose to have.

  Richard Cobden

  Jobs, People, Able

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• The ability to make music is a gift that you're born with; it's not something you can learn.

  Robin Trower

  Born, Music Is

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• Architecture is a discipline that takes time and patience. If one spends enough years writing complex novels one might be able, someday, to construct a respectable haiku.

  Thom Mayne

  Patience, Time, Writing

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• When you speak up about any sense of unfairness or injustice, you're told that you're overreacting, you're too angry, too silly-shut up already. It takes a tremendous amount of fortitude to be able to live in this world as a woman, let alone a woman who wants things to change.

  Kathleen Hanna

  Change, Strong Women, Silly

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• Bravery is not the absence of fear. Bravery is the ability to operate effectively even while totally terrified.

  Stuart Wilde

  Bravery, Absence, Terrified

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• I’m grateful for being here, for being able to think, for being able to see, for being able to taste, for appreciating love – for knowing that it exists in a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, and yet love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists.

  Maya Angelou

  Love, Life, Positive

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jan 26, 2013

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• I am only one but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something.

  Edward Everett

  Life, Responsibility, Oneness

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• Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

  Amelia Earhart

  Challenges, Can Do, Ifs

  "Have Fun with American Heroes: Activities, Projects, and Fascinating Facts". Book by David C. King, p. 82, 2005.

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• People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  People, Balance, Easy

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• Consider well what your strength is equal to, and what exceeds your ability.

  Horace

  Equal, Wells, Exceed

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• Great ability without discretion comes almost invariably to a tragic end

  Leon Gambetta

  Ends, Tragic, Discretion

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• A special skill, like speaking several languages, or keeping your mouth shut in one.

  Evan Esar

  Keeping Your Mouth Shut, Skills, Special

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• Knowledge grows exponentially. The more we know, the greater our ability to learn, and the faster we expand our knowledge base.

  Dan Brown

  Faster, Grows, Knows

  Dan Brown (2017). “Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon Series”, p.1354, Random House

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• It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Hiding Place, Baby Boom, Response

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• You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

  Maya Angelou

  Motivational, Encounters, May

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