Quotes by category:Ability

Thinking is not the ability to manipulate language; it’s the abil... by Leslie Lamport

Thinking is not the ability to manipulate language; it’s the ability to manipulate concepts.

ability language thinking

The painter who has no doubt about his own ability will attain ve... by Leonardo da Vinci

The painter who has no doubt about his own ability will attain very little.

Leonardo da Vinci

ability doubt littles

With a sort of mental squint. by Lewis Carroll

With a sort of mental squint.

It was a great test of my ability to work with... watercolors. And it was also a test of my patience; I needed to put myself in a completely disciplined position... I couldn't make mistakes.

ability tests mistake

Opportunities will always be there but the level you'd be able to fulfil those opportunities depends on you being fully present and working to the best of your ability.

Lizzie Velasquez

ability opportunity

The only power an actor has is the ability to say "no." by Lou Diamond Phillips

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

Lou Diamond Phillips

Education is not the accumulation of knowledge, but the ability t... by Louis Nizer

Education is not the accumulation of knowledge, but the ability to find it.

accumulation ability

I cannot understate the ability to handle classical texts such as... by Louise Jameson

I cannot understate the ability to handle classical texts such as Shakespeare.

Much of command is the ability to take command. by Louis L'Amour

Much of command is the ability to take command.

command ability

The ability to just sit there. That's being a person. by Louis C. K.

The ability to just sit there. That's being a person.

ability persons

Responsibility is the ability to respond. by Lucille Ball

Responsibility is the ability to respond.

ability responsibility

I am unlimited in my own ability to create the good in my life. by Louise Hay

I am unlimited in my own ability to create the good in my life.

ability my-own unlimited

Ability to have that sort of feedback loop with your readers to m... by Lydia Polgreen

Ability to have that sort of feedback loop with your readers to me felt incredibly powerful.

feedback ability powerful

In the capitalist society there is a place and bread for all. Its ability to expand provides sustenance for every worker. Permanent unemployment is not a feature of free capitalism.

Ludwig von Mises

ability unemployment bread

The class of those who have the ability to think their own thoughts is separated by an unbridgeable gulf from the class of those who cannot.

Ludwig von Mises

ability class thinking

I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text.

Maggie Gyllenhaal

ability college feels

You need a lot of energy to get a novel finished. You need an ability to ignore everyone around you. It's why I don't read my reviews any more. I know a lot of people say that, but I really don't read them.

Maggie O'Farrell

ability energy people

Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world; but to... by Mahatma Gandhi

Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world; but to change ourselves.

ability changing-the-world world

I was loaded with sheer ability, spelled i-n-h-e-r-i-t-a-n-c-e. by Malcolm Forbes

I was loaded with sheer ability, spelled i-n-h-e-r-i-t-a-n-c-e.

sheer loaded ability

It is the ability to choose which makes us human. by Madeleine L'Engle

It is the ability to choose which makes us human.

Madeleine L'Engle

ability-to-choose ability choices