Martyrdom... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

George Bernard Shaw

'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.

Robert Frost

Maturity is the ability to do a job whether or not you are supervised, to carry money without spending it and to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.

Ann Landers

You cannot go around and keep score. If you keep score on the good things and the bad things, you'll find out that you're a very miserable person. God gave man the ability to forget, which is one of the greatest attributes you have. Because if you remember everything that's happened to you, you generally remember that which is the most unfortunate.

Hubert H. Humphrey

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

Abraham Maslow

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but what you should have accomplished with your ability.

John Wooden

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

Robert Half

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

Henry David Thoreau

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

Malcolm S. Forbes

Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not when Caligula's horse was made Consul.

John Randolph

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

Golda Meir

The less their ability, the more their conceit.

Ahad HaAm

It is a great ability to be able to conceal one's ability.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability.

Tom Lehrer

I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've never seen before. If they do, I'm still looking for it.

Hank Aaron

If you give people tools, [and they use] their natural ability and their curiosity, they will develop things in ways that will surprise you very much beyond what you might have expected.

Bill Gates

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nerds don't just happen to dress informally. They do it too consistently. Consciously or not, they dress informally as a prophylactic measure against stupidity.

Paul Graham

Dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas. It is no coincidence that technically inept business types are known as 'suits.'

Paul Graham

The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.

Bernard M. Baruch

Native ability without education is like a tree without fruit.

Aristippus

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

Baltasar Gracian

Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.

Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Abraham Lincoln

Ability is sexless.

John Henry Newman

Martyrdom is the only way a person can become famous without ability.

George Bernard Shaw

I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.

Oscar Wilde

I sometimes think that God, in creating man, overestimated His ability.

Oscar Wilde

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

Napoleon Bonaparte

He's 6-2, but he plays likes he's 6-6 with his jumping ability.

Pete Lewinski

Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.

Charles Bukowski

When they're spending this much money, they want the ability to try it.

Jeff Hennion

He had the greatest gift of all, the ability to love without fear.

Gloria Vanderbilt

We don't want to be taxing people out of their ability to be homeowners.

Onnie Shekerjian

People are aware he's got game-breaking ability.

Gary Wichard

He can't be believed. The truth is that he has an ability for lying.

Fernando Rospigliosi

There probably never will be an ability to predict West Nile.

Theresa Smith

I didn't play to my ability.

Chad Henne

It is not my ability, but my response to God's ability, that counts.

Corrie Ten Boom

The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man.

Roy L. Smith

Few people have the ability to look at the industry that way.

Bob Romeo

The true beauty of a woman is her inherent ability to make better a man in every way.

Don Williams, Jr.

This is no longer about dignity. It's about our ability to sustain this system.

Sen. Richard Nass

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

Rosalynn Carter

The making of a journalist: no ideas and the ability to express them.

Karl Kraus

This is the essence of character: the will and ability to put principle into action.

Scott Allen

There's no foolproof way to predict someone's ability to drive safely.

Dennis Mccarthy

We don't need more strength or more ability or greater opportunity. What we need is to use what we have.

Basil S. Walsh

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

John Wooden

I always thought I could play pro ball. I had confidence in my ability, You have to. If you don't who will?

Johnny Unitas

Power is the ability not to have to please.

Elizabeth Janeway

He's got natural athletic ability.

Sid Monge

We will have the ability to say 'no, you can't leave. We need you to do this job'.

Monte Kwinter

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

Sir Ralph Richardson

Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it.

Salma Hayek

But our young players are older and wiser and the ability is there, so we will be okay.

Bobby Charlton

He still has an admirable ability to interpret the country.

Massimo Franco

We weren't keeping track of costs, and we exceeded our ability to pay for it all.

Keith Bradkowski

It's important to have that ability to hit the outside shot.

Kelly Hawthorne

The ability to upgrade is important.

Scott Briggs

It had to do with ability and talent. It had nothing to do with politics.

G. Gordon Liddy

Your heath and, physically, your ability to perform are key factors.

Andrew Gaze

We've got some athletes on offense. We try to use them to the best of our ability.

Blanda Wolfe

We're building the ability for the community to be informed.

Wayan Vota

He definitely has the ability (to win a title).

David Maldonado

I'm not surprised, ... He's a kid with some athletic ability who has worked his butt off. I'm not surprised at all.

Kevin Grimes

If you don't go after the source, then we have no ability to stop the gun violence.

Warren Thompson

The only power an actor has is the ability to say: 'No.

Lou Diamond Phillips

I think that showed our ability to elevate our game for the big ones.

John Manion

His ability to set a tone and vision was unparalleled.

Don Riley

The government's ability to fight back may be weakened.

Christopher Garman

Would eliminate our ability to proceed.

Art Linkletter

One of the things I could say is he had an amazing ability to focus in on anything he wanted to.

Vincent Wilkins

He has the ability to win a game by himself back there.

Brian Riley

Viacom and MTV wanted to see that this game has the ability to be a franchise.

Chester Aldridge

On peak weekend we are limited by our ability to park.

Ray Rose

We've built four houses, so we have the ability to do it right.

Clifford Brammer

Discipline really means our ability to get ourselves to do things when we don't want to.

Arden Mahlberg

The leg has given me the ability to do the things I love most.

Chris Bretoi

There's nothing else you can take that has this ability to prevent cancer.

Cedric F. Garland

We have to balance that with the community's ability to pay.

Doug Hieter

We have the ability, without a lot of investment, to get new classroom space and housing.

Mark Weiss

He is a kid that doesn't want to believe he doesn't belong. He is not without ability.

Kirk Hoza

The will is there, that is evident in the dressing room. Whether we have the ability is another question.

Dick Advocaat

He's got a lot of athletic ability and he's learning fast.

Jeff Thomas

Every student has the ability to be a successful learner.

Warren G. Harding

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

Sir Winston Churchill

That speaks volumes for her ability level.

Lori Snell

I know I am a good contributor and I back my ability.

Shane Watson

The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence.

Kathleen Turner

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

William Feather

I have a great faith in every generation's ability to come up with its own music.

John Mclaughlin

If he wrestles up to his ability, he should be fine.

Scot Davis

You can give them the ability to get more junk in there, for better or worse; they like it.

Adam Cole

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

W. Somerset Maugham

They could have sat there all last year and lost confidence in their ability to do something, and they didn't.

Louann Hopson

It takes the ability to change and trust your employees.

Nigel Ballard

All these things would vanish if there is a rezoning, ... It would eliminate our ability to proceed.

Art Linkletter

People are feeling good about their ability to spend in 2006.

Bill Teuber

It seriously compromises our ability to be competitive.

George Yund

It will really improve the ability for us to tell parents where their kids are.

Tim Bargeron

If you're way too big, too large, then your ability to manage disappears.

Barry Colvin

He definitely has some natural ability and catches on quickly.

Brad Todd

It gives us the ability to go out as a known entity.

Mike Bright

I've always felt confident in my ability.

Joe Jurevicius

It had a significant impact on our ability to communicate and function.

Craig Harvey

Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks, and courage.

Charles Luckman

My experience in your ability to get stuff done is excellent.

Mike Thatcher

He has a tremendous passion for the game. He got everything out of the ability he has.

Randy Mayes

Artists are given the ability to interact with listeners.

Justin Beckett

Joe has amazing ability, and he's worked hard. You'll be seeing a lot more of him.

Mike Daub

The state knows that. They have the ability to do that. They just don't have the desire to do that.

John Grele

We have the ability to care for animals here in a way that some folks at home may not.

Charles Crosby

It's going to hamper the ability of EPA staff to do their jobs.

Jeff Ruch

[We are] a strong team with ability to achieve strong results.

Janusz Bednarski

It's not from coaching. It's natural ability. She's got the natural ability you love to see and you don't see very often. It's amazing. That's about all I can say.

Jamie Ullman

On paper, we have the ability to be a top-three defense. That's on paper. Now we have to go out and do it.

Adewale Ogunleye

With him, it was never a question of ability, it was whether he could get it over the plate.

John Flaherty

He has the ability to do both.

Tyrone Nix

We don't have the ability to do anything else there.

Robert Collins

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The advantage is the ability to be able to see the map and the activity on the map.

William Marshall

Sean has the ability to do that night after night.

Cole Maxwell

We can't have a lease that you have the ability to take away at will.

Dick Meyers

He got his mechanical ability from his dad. But the low riding idea is his own.

Carol Cobb

Tonight just didn't go our way and we just didn't play to our ability.

Demetrius Williams

That the promises that were made on my end are carried out to the best of my ability.

Andrew Carter

We certainly have that ability through the law. But that's not something we're considering.

Ginger Reynolds

Guts win more games than ability.

Bob Zuppke

All these calls he's getting are an infringement upon his ability to rest.

James Whigham

Doug has leadership qualities and the ability to adapt.

Harish Manwani

Our only security is our ability to change.

John Lilly

We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.

Evelyn Waugh

I'm upset. I saw it as a window to go in and show my ability.

Idrees Bashir

You (should not) out-drive your ability or the sled's.

Wayne Fischer

Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin.

Ned Rorem

We just don't see them having the ability to turn things around.

Brett Hoselton

He has the athletic ability, so why not?

George Foster

Success is what you do with your ability. It's how you use your talent.

George Allen

Credit report, what does it have to do with ability to drive?

Geoff Crump

You've got to make the most of where you are. Then, when you're somewhere else, you've got to have the ability to fulfill that.

Anthony Edwards

I'm hoping I can work her into it, ... I think she has the ability to do the job.

Kevin Cummins

He played an excellent game and has a lot of natural ability.

Jake O'brien

It has an uncanny ability to remind us of all things American.

Gina Stevens

I want to go out and show my ability and what I can do.

Plaxico Burress

Then it would give us the ability to give (enterprise zone status) to somebody else.

Chuck Davis

The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything.

Lee Iacocca

Talent was not rare; the ability to survive having it was.

Neal Stephenson

We have the experience and ability to come on late in the season. We have the ability to do well then.

Gary Tague

I have the ability to help the organization go further and help students more.

James Thorpe

Our evidence will show you he did not have the same ability to make free choices as you or I do.

Mark Collins

I don't like to make predictions, but I think we have the ability to be very competitive.

Bill Gardner

The ability to keep the organization running.

Natalie Rule

It is one thing to receive a warning to get out - it's something else to have the ability to get out.

James Clyburn

On the aggregate, we have the ability to save well over $1 billion.

Jim Schneider

She just has an outstanding ability to reach people.

Kay Hansen

We've yet to really establish our ability to win on the road. It's 99 percent mental when you go on the road.

Sandy Simpson

It may limit the ability to develop as much land as proposed.

John Wohlmuth

He is somebody who I look up to and who has had a big influence on my wrestling ability.

Kent Miller

There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.

Paul Bryant

She's got a lot of ability there, and I have high expectations of her.

David Long

Our power is in our ability to decide.

Richard Buckminster Fuller

(King) had an ability to follow a passion in a way most people never would.

Brian Powell

Disability is the Inability to see Ability.

Vikas Khanna

We have to learn how to win -- the kids have the ability to win, but they have to get competitive and then win. Right now, we're not even competitive.

Tom Lonergan

I think he's got the ability and he knows the ins and outs of the system.

Walter Timpone

It expands the interpreters ability to get all the information out of an image.

Doug Hackradt

Northwest's strength is its ability to garner volunteers and use volunteers.

Ron Hays

He's got enough ability to be very good in the Majors. But let's wait and see. It's too soon. He's only 17.

Rolando Petit

From each according to their ability, to each according to their need.

Karl Marx

If we play well together, we have the ability to be successful.

Mike Williamson

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.

Orison Swett Marden

Success is the ability to rise above principle.

Gerald Barzan

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

Flannery O'Connor

Ideally, this should be run by the military, ... They have the ability to get equipment and people in quickly.

William Brown

The ability to feel pain must be a consideration.

Eric Sandgren

I would put this team's ability and drive against anyone out there.

Eric Hoolahan

Our freshmen have the ability to make some waves this season.

Erika Swanson