Ability Quotes - Page 24

• Science does not give us absolute and final certainty. It only gives us assurance within the limits of our mental abilities and the prevailing state of scientific thought.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Giving, Doe, Finals

  Ludwig Von Mises, Israël M. Kirzner (1982). “Method, Process, and Austrian Economics: Essays in Honor of Ludwig Von Mises”, Lexington, Mass. : Lexington Books

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• Ronnie Barker was a straightforward man who had this extraordinary ability to make the nation laugh

  Michael Palin

  Men, Laughing, Straightforward

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• I know it sounds strange - a blind teenager buzzin' round on a motorcycle - but I liked that; that was me. I had always been nervy, and I always had a lot of faith in my ability not to break my neck.

  Ray Charles

  Faith, Teenager, Motorcycle

  Ray Charles, David Ritz (2004). “Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story”, p.35, Da Capo Press

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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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• 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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• I don't want to discount talent and ability, but I still maintain that a lot of it is just sheer desire.

  Don Henley

  Desire, Want, Talent

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• As for the ridiculous fear of making things below one's potential abilities... No, there is the root of the evil. There is the hiding place of stupidity I must attack: vain mortal, you are limited by nothing.

  Eugene Delacroix

  Fear, Roots, Evil

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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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• The character of greatness must be measured in two ways, else the measurement is flawed. First, and by far most popular of all, is by one's ability to succeed in times of trial where others may fail. But of no less importance, and perhaps foundational to any form of greatness, is one's willingness to start over in spite of failure, when success seems farthest away.

  Guy Finley

  Character, Greatness, Two

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• I don't believe in luck. When I am diligent, my luck is generally good. When I am lax, my invariable turns bad.

  Randall Dale Adams

  Believe, Luck, Lax

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Management: First fix the blame. Then fix the problem.

  Randall Dale Adams

  Firsts, Management, Blame

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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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• Students work in schools making life studies for years, win prizes for life studies and find in the end that they know practically nothing of the human figure. They have acquired the ability to copy.

  Robert Henri

  Education, School, Winning

  Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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• Without a goal, you cannot survive.

  Randall Dale Adams

  Goal

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• You can travel with the speed of thought! You just think you're on Jupiter and you're there, boom! You just think you're on Saturn and you're there, boom! You just think you're on the nearest star and you're there, boom! You don't have to have transporters, spaceships or speed of light or anything, you're just there like that! So we will have the might and the power of angels and the speed and the ability and we will be ruling and reigning spirits with resurrected bodies, but spiritual bodies which have enormous angelic powers like the angels of God, like Jesus when He was resurrected!

  David Berg

  Spiritual, Jesus, Stars

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• Loneliness cannot be shared.

  Randall Dale Adams

  Loneliness

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• Adams first law of survival: Get even first.

  Randall Dale Adams

  Law, Survival, Firsts

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• Someday will never come and take you by the hand.

  Randall Dale Adams

  Hands, Someday

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• For the American Indian, the ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things sacred.

  Paula Gunn Allen

  Ongoing, Sacred, American Indian

  Paula Gunn Allen (2015). “The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions”, p.51, Open Road Media

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