Ability Quotes - Page 4

• The only difference between your abilities and others is the ability to put yourself in their shoes and actually try.

  Bill Vaughan

  Shoes, Differences, Trying

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• A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

  Samuel Johnson

  Carpe Diem, Men, Identity

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1859). “The Life of Samuel Johnson”, p.125

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• 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.

  Karl Kraus

  Writing, Skills, Ideas

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• The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.

  Milan Kundera

  Lying, People, Humans

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• Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.

  Bryant H. McGill

  People, Literature, Reputation

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• It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Jun 27, 2013

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• 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.

  W. E. B. Du Bois

  Determination, Clothes, Skins

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• 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

  Bret Easton Ellis

  Reality, Compassion, Hair

  FaceBook post by Bret Easton Ellis from Oct 31, 2013

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• No one rises to low expectations

  Les Brown

  Inspirational, Motivational, Teaching

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• 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.

  Ron Paul

  Believe, Government, Safety

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• 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.

  Andy Stanley

  God, Christian, Religious

  Andy Stanley (2011). “Enemies of the Heart: Breaking Free from the Four Emotions That Control You”, p.66, Multnomah

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• when we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Jesus, Godly, Joy

  Corrie Ten Boom (1985). “Jesus is Victor”, Fleming H Revell Company

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• Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.

  Paul Cezanne

  Emotional, Genius, Daily Experience

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• 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.

  Confucius

  Stress, Humility, Men

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• 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.

  Nolan Ryan

  Change, Success, Leadership

  Nolan Ryan, Skip Bayless, Tom House (1991). “Nolan Ryan's Pitcher's Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Power, Precision, and Long-Term Performance”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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• I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.

  Bruce Jenner

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Violence, Aptitude, Natural

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.20, Shambhala Publications

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• The possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a comtempt for mere external show

  James A. Garfield

  Doubt, Possession, Shows

  "President Garfield and Education : Hiram College Memorial". Book by B. A Hinsdale, p. 420, 1881.

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• 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.

  Bernard Baruch

  Character, Technology, Thinking

  Bernard Mannes Baruch (1970). “Baruch: My own story”

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• No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Sports, Integrity, Athlete

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• 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.

  Vanna Bonta

  Dream, Stars, Ocean

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• 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.

  Samuel Goldwyn

  Men, Thinking, Opportunity

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.

  Thor Heyerdahl

  Simple, Men, Civilization

  "Two-Way Ticket to Paradise', book review of Thor Heyerdahl, Fatu-Hiva". The New York Times, August 29, 1975.

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• It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Time, Stress, Obnoxious

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• My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Inspirational, Sports, Goal

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