Quotes with ability

Quotes 181 till 200 of 278.

  • Bhumibol Adulyadej The attainment of the present status of Thailand has to depend on the ability or the actions of all the inhabitants of the country.
    Bhumibol Adulyadej
    Thai King (1927 - 2016)
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  • Andrew Carnegie The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.
    Andrew Carnegie
    American industrialist (1835 - 1919)
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  • Henry Ford The best we can do is size up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to deal with them, and then make our plans with confidence.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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  • Bethany McLean The big banks advise cities about whether privatization is a wise choice. They also control the ability of states and cities to access the market for their financing needs.
    Bethany McLean
    American journalist (1970 - )
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  • Bill Goldberg The biggest thing about being a wrestler and being Goldberg gave me, was the ability to be a superhero for kids. I want the ability to be that guy again.
    Bill Goldberg
    American professional wrestler and actor (1966 - )
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  • Bob Ney The bottom line in my view is that America's mothers and fathers deserve to have confidence in law enforcement's ability to ensure that their children are being raised in the safest possible environment.
    Bob Ney
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • Carl von Clausewitz The commander's talents are given greatest scope in rough hilly country. Mountains allow him too little real command over his scattered units and he is unable to control them all; in open country, control is a simple matter and does not test his ability to the fullest.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • A. N. Wilson The death of any man aged 56 is very sad for his widow and family. And no one would deny that Steve Jobs was a brilliant and highly innovative technician, with great business flair and marketing ability.
    A. N. Wilson
    English writer and columnist (1950 - )
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  • Kenneth Hildebrand The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.
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  • Alexander Woollcott The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.
    Alexander Woollcott
    American critic and commentator (0 - 1943)
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  • Arundhati Roy The fact is that America's weapons systems have made it impossible for anybody to confront it militarily. So, all you have is your wits and your cunning, and your ability to fight in the way the Iraqis are fighting.
    Arundhati Roy
    Indian author (1961 - )
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  • Atom Egoyan The film camera's ability to physically move through space, not zoom through space - every time we have a video camera the movement is through zoom; every time we have a film camera it is a physical movement.
    Atom Egoyan
    Armenian-Canadian stage and film director and writer (1960 - )
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  • Seneca The foremost art of kings is the ability to endure hatred.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • William James The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Ben Foster The heat around young actors burns out. Natural ability and magnetism only get you so far. The rest is hard work.
    Ben Foster
    American actor (1980 - )
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of the age in which we live.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Elbert Hubbard The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Barbara Kingsolver The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brains and in your hands, wherever you go... It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.
    Barbara Kingsolver
    American novelist, essayist and poet (1955 - )
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  • Adolf Hitler The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.
    Adolf Hitler
    German politician (1889 - 1945)
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