Ability Quotes

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

Now, more then ever, we have the ability to make films for almost nothing and that's broken down all barriers of entry. I think it's a new golden age of film-making. With that, there needs to be the ability to recoup investment dollars, people need to make money.

God does not begin by asking our ability, only our availability, and if we prove our dependability, He will increase our capability.

I don't think your ability to fight has anything to do with how big you are. It's to do with how much anger is in you.

I can actually feel the interior body of a dancer. I have the ability to capture a split second... I want you to be hit with whatever the essence is of this sculpture.

An overstretched military undermines homeland security and our ability to meet threats around the world.

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.

The ability of our people to think quickly and create great products in this whole new world of Internet open standards is not only essential to our success but is also one of the things that impresses me most about Netscape.

I know it is the fans that are responsible for me being here. I've always tried in each and every broadcast to serve the fans to the best of my ability.

I have the ability to create and be in touch with God. I can't change bread and wine into body and blood, but I can take the scum or the slime of the earth and make it into a man or woman.

Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.

But dogs, which have no ability to sin nor moral conscience, do not have an ability to reject Jesus.

In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations.

Technology has saved us money in some circumstances, but it has really afforded us the ability to cover stories from locations we might not have been able to in the past.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

I may be alone in this, but I do sense the power of film, in that movies have the ability to literally change people's minds. That's pretty powerful stuff when you consider that.

So my game is solid. So that obviously makes me feel confident, that like anybody else in this field, you name them, I feel like I've got the ability to win the golf tournament just as much as they have, and that's the way I'm going to take it.

Hoods are good parts because they're always flashy and attract attention. If you've got any ability, you can use that as a stepping stone.

Youthfulness is connected to the ability to see things new for the first time. So if your eyes still look at life with wonder, then you will seem young, even though you may not be chronologically young.

Newspaper men, perhaps more than any other class, are rated by ability.

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.

I was born to score goals, I feel. How I score them - how I get the ball into the back of the net - might have changed. The actual ability of what I was born to do will never leave me.

I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

I personally believe that there's going to be a good case for the government preserving some type of guarantee to make sure that people have the ability to borrow to finance a house even in a very damaging recession. I think there's going to be a good case for that.

I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive. It's horrifying.

The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad.

The ability to change one's views without losing one's seat is the mark of a great politician.

I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.