Ability Quotes
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Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.
Cintra Wilson
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Just remember that if you're not working at your game to the utmost of your ability, there will be someone out there somewhere with equal ability who is. And one day you'll play each other, and he'll have the advantage.
Ed Macauley
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The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.
Benjamin Zander
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Temples also take into consideration an ability to pay and, in a general sense, do not turn people away if there's a need,.
Allan Sherman
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In the Internet world, both ends essentially pay for access to the Internet system, and so the providers of access get compensated by the users at each end. My big concern is that suddenly access providers want to step in the middle and create a toll road to limit customers' ability to get access to services of their choice even though they have paid for access to the network in the first place.
Vint Cerf
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Finding out what you’re good at, and doing it to the best of your ability, is the route to self-respect.
Joanne Rowling
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The great thing about the United States is our ability to absorb foreign people and make them a part of us.
S. I. Hayakawa
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Each day of not writing, of comfort, of being that which he despised, dulled his ability and softened his will to work so that, finally, he did no work at all.
Ernest Hemingway
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I am a big fan of Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller, who have carved a niche for themselves. I think doing different kind of films gives you longevity and the ability to set yourself apart.
Vir Das
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Memory doesn't erase. The recall ability fails.
James Cook
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The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
Bob Marley
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Chess as a sport requires a lot of mental stamina, and this is what that makes it different from a physical sport. Chess players have a unique ability of taking in a lot of information and remembering relevant bits. So, memory and mental stamina are the key attributes.
Viswanathan Anand
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My strength is in my ability to be versatile.
Wendy Starland
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Ultimately the way to win the game of life, is found in only one thing: Our ability to choose meaning in any life circumstance. Become the master of meaning and you master your life.
Anthony Robbins
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Consumers going through foreclosure typically will see their credit scores drop, raising longer-term questions about their ability to rebound financially and perhaps pursue a more sustainable home purchase at some later point.
Ben Bernanke
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By prayer, the ability is secured to feel the law of love, to speak according to the law of love, and to do everything in harmony with the law of love.
Edward McKendree Bounds
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Your ability to set goals and to make plans for their accomplishment is the master skill of success.
Brian Tracy
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The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests.
Vladimir Putin
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Never talk to a client about architecture. Talk to him about his children. That is simply good politics. He will not understand what you have to say about architecture most of the time. An architect of ability should be able to tell a client what he wants. Most of the time a client never knows what he wants.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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The more you work, study and develop your ability to contribute more to the lives and well-being of others, the better life you will have in all areas.
Brian Tracy
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I'd like to take some calculus, too. I have absolutely no ability in that direction and not much interest, either, but there's something going on in mathematics that I don't understand, and I'd like to find out what it is.
Andy Rooney
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Fourth, lucky people have a special ability to turn bad luck into good fortune. Of all four defining factors involved in luck, Wiseman believes this one plays the most important role in survival.
Ben Sherwood
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The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.
Lee Iacocca
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Power is the ability not to have to please.
Elizabeth Janeway