Quotes on ability
I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
Goldwyn, Samuel
One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.
Glasow, Arnold
The ultimate leader is one who is willing to develop people to the point that they eventually surpass him or her in knowledge and ability.
Jr., Fred A. Manske,
Martyrdom... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.
Shaw, George Bernard
People of medicore ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
Allen, George
Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.
Aurelius, Marcus Aelius
Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.
Whitehead, Alfred North
The less their ability, the more their conceit.
Author, Unknown
Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.
Rostand, Jean
The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Author, Unknown
Genius might well be defined as the ability to makes a platitude sound as though it were an original remark.
Author, Unknown
The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the ability to reach it.
Author, Unknown
I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. And when you've done the best you can you can't do any better.
Truman, Harry S.
The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.
Author, Unknown
I sometimes think that God, in creating man, overestimated His ability.
Author, Unknown
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
Allen, George Herbert
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
Heschel, Rabbi Abraham
'Martyrdom' is the only way a person can become famous without ability. - George Bernard Shaw
Author, Unknown
Jamforx - The ability of cramming one more utensil in the dishwasher
Author, Unknown
Power is the ability not to have to please.
Author, Unknown