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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
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