Ability Quotes - Page 16

• Success is that old ABC: ability, breaks and courage.

  Charles Luckman

  Success, Courage, Perseverance

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• To practice virtue is to selflessly offer assistance to others, giving without limitation one's time, abilities, and possessions in service, whenever and wherever needed, without prejudice concerning the identity of those in need.

  Laozi

  Time, Practice, Giving

  Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

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• The ability to have our own way, and at the same time convince others they are having their own way, is a rare thing among men. Among women it is as common as eyebrows.

  Thomas Bailey Aldrich

  Women, Eyebrows, Way

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• Patience is the ability to suffer a long time under the mistreatment of others without growing resentful or bitter.

  Jerry Bridges

  Long, Suffering, Growing

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “The Fruitful Life: The Overflow of God's Love Through You”, p.66, Tyndale House

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• Leadership is the ability to decide what is to be done and then get others to do it.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Done

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• Agility is the ability to adapt and respond to change … agile organizations view change as an opportunity, not a threat.

  Jim Highsmith

  Opportunity, Views, Organization

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• The ability to defend yourself is a basic necessity like food and water. We exempt food and water from the sales tax.

  Matt Shea

  Inspiring, Water, Insightful

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• He (Leo Durocher) had the ability of taking a bad situation and making it immediately worse.

  Branch Rickey

  Situation, Bad Situations

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• Metaphysicians are musicians without musical ability.

  Rudolf Carnap

  Musical Ability, Musician, Without Music

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• Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.

  Bobby Knight

  Knowing, Discipline, Way

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• While my military experience reinforced in me the strength that I have, it also demonstrated to me that I have the ability and power to make a difference in people's lives.

  Earl Woods

  Military, Differences, People

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• Patriotism demands the ability to feel shame as much as to feel pride.

  Anne-Marie Slaughter

  Pride, Demand, Shame

  "Patriotism and Michelle Obama: A 4th of July Reflection" by Anne-Marie Slaughter, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 11, 1008.

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• Change is never a matter of ability, it's always a matter of motivation.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivation, Matter

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Oct 25, 2014

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• There is a lot of dignity in having the ability to confront the inconsequence of reality.

  Martin Esslin

  Reality, Dignity

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• Your joy, your happiness, your satisfaction and your ability to dance with life, depends solely on what you pay attention to.

  Susan Jeffers

  Happiness, Law Of Attraction, Joy

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• Abundance is the ability to do what you need to do, when you need to do it.

  Darryl Anka

  Spiritual, Law Of Attraction, Needs

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• Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.

  John Lancaster Spalding

  Believe, Atmosphere, Succeed

  John Lancaster Spalding (1901). “Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion”

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• Our ability to do great things with data will make a real difference in every aspect of our lives.

  Jennifer Pahlka

  Real, Data, Differences

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• The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability

  William Feather

  Ambition, Tragedy, My Ambition

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• Concentration is that ability to not think about anything.

  Pete Rose

  Thinking, Concentration

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• Acting is the ability to live truthfully under the given imaginary circumstances

  Sanford Meisner

  Acting, Given, Circumstances

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• I like to think of sales as the ability to gracefully persuade, not manipulate, a person or persons into a win - win situation.

  Robert Foster Bennett

  Winning, Thinking, Sales Person

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• Our natural gifts and abilities are limited, but when augmented by inspiration and guidance of the Holy Ghost, our potential increases many fold.

  James E. Faust

  Inspiration, Natural Gifts, Ghost

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• The gift of the Holy Ghost, given to us when we are confirmed, gives us the ability to discern the difference between the giving ways of the kingdom of God and the taking practices of the world.

  Robert D. Hales

  Practice, Differences, Giving

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• Spiritual knowledge improves intuitive ability, innovative ability and communication.

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Inspiring, Spiritual, Communication

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