Ability Quotes - Page 24

• Responsibility and danger do not tend to free or stimulate the average person's mind- rather the contrary; but wherever they do liberate an individual's judgement and confidence we can be sure that we are in the presence of exceptional ability.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Responsibility, Average, Judgement

  Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (2007). “On War”, p.230, Oxford University Press, USA

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• What I like about music is its ability to be convincing, to carry an argument through successfully to the finish, though the terms of the argument remain unknown quantities.

  John Ashbery

  Music, Argument, Term

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• To do things in a way you want to do them, you will have to acquire the ability to think the way you want to think: this is the first step toward getting rich.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Thinking, Want, Way

  Napoleon Hill, Wallace D. Wattles (2012). “Get Rich Collection”, p.218, Penguin

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• Our duty is to understand youth, but more, to help them understand themselves that they may release their varied abilities... We must help them to discover a life work, not work for life.

  Henrietta Mears

  Teaching, May, Helping

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• You can increase your problem-solving skills by honing your question-asking ability.

  Michael J. Gelb

  Skills, Asking, Problem

  Michael J. Gelb (2009). “How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day”, p.100, Dell

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• What seems to set apart those at the very top of competitive pursuits from others of roughly equal ability is the degree to which, beginning early in life, they can pursue an arduous practice routine for years and years.

  Daniel Goleman

  Years, Practice, Degrees

  Daniel Goleman (2012). “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ”, p.135, Bantam

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• Real maturity is the ability to imagine the humanity of every person as fully as you believe in your own humanity.

  Tobias Wolff

  Real, Believe, Maturity

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• Thanks to being profoundly rooted in Christ, he was able to bear a burden which transcends merely human abilities.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Thankfulness, Able, Bears

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• Our brains are fairly powerful, but our conscious minds are still extremely limited in their ability to hold onto multiple simultaneous thoughts

  Steve Pavlina

  Powerful, Brain, Mind

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• Art has the ability to redeem life by finding beauty even in the worst aspect of things.

  Roger Scruton

  Art, Survival, Aspect

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• I believe that if you have faith in your own abilities then in the end others will have faith in them too, even if they need a little persuading.

  Chuck Grassley

  Believe, Needs, Have Faith

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• I'm basically the idea person. I'm not physically involved in the production. I don't have the necessary abilities, so I go to the top people.

  Jeff Koons

  Ideas, People, Collaboration

  Interview with Klaus Ottmann, www.jca-online.com. October 1986.

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• Landing a role now is not based on my looks - more on my acting ability.

  Jude Law

  Acting, Roles, Looks

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• One way of getting along with people is the ability to give in. Strength of character means the ability to give in to others from motives of love, kindness, and humility, and to do so gracefully, when no sin is involved. It also means the ability to stand on principle, and not to give in, when sin is involved.

  Lawrence G. Lovasik

  Kindness, Mean, Humility

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• It's actually what I consider legalised cheating because one of the great senses that you have on a tennis court is your ability to hear the ball come off your opponent's strings [on Sharapova grunting

  John Newcombe

  Cheating, Tennis, Balls

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• Financial firms are sending their back-office jobs overseas. But what do fine artists do? They create something new, unexpected, and delightful that changes the world. MFA abilities are harder to outsource and more important in an abundant world.

  Daniel H. Pink

  Jobs, Artist, Office

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• Symphony is the ability to see the big picture, connect the dots, combine disparate things into something new. Visual artists in particular are good at seeing how the pieces come together. I experienced this myself by trying to learn to draw.

  Daniel H. Pink

  Artist, Symphony, Trying

  "Why right-brainers will rule this century". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.cnn.com. May 7, 2009.

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• The only power an actor has is the ability to say "no."

  Lou Diamond Phillips

  Actors

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. June 12, 2003.

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• One of the most important factors, not only in military matters but in life as a whole, is ... the ability to direct one's whole energies towards the fulfillment of a particular task.

  Erwin Rommel

  Military, Important, Energy

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• It is worth it to me to know I have succeeded based on my abilities and not on my looks or any 'connections.' I've tried not to embody destructive female images in my work.

  Ally Sheedy

  Connections, Female, Looks

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• The greatness of peoples springs from their ability to grasp the grand conceptions of being. It is the absorption of a people, of a nation, of a rare, in large majestic and abiding things which lifts them up to the skies.

  Alexander Crummell

  Spring, Greatness, Sky

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• People wonder whether I got my presenting job as a result of my own abilities or because of Gordon, which is a little unfair.

  Tana Ramsay

  Jobs, People, Littles

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• There is a possibility that your ability as a player may well be analysed by future generations on your one day statistics. That's the day I dread most.

  Allan Border

  Player, One Day, Generations

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• Do not be intimidated by a smart person. It is easier to debate a smart person than to argue with an idiot.

  Randall Dale Adams

  Smart, Arguing, Idiot

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• If you want it to happen, you must make it happen. If you let it happen, you won't like what happened.

  Randall Dale Adams

  Want, Happened, Happens

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