quotations about ability
I was doing something I'd never done before. And what will I be able to do tomorrow that I cannot yet do today?
ELIZABETH GILBERT
Eat, Pray, Love
Because ability can be managed, employers must consider it as a starting point, but one that is incomplete and possibly even the least important quality of all. After all, an employee with a lower level of proficiency, but a high level of aptitude, can learn to become more capable. His or her abilities can increase with time, experience, and training.
ERIC SWENSON
The Five A's of Great Employees
The competition level's going to rise and your ability is going to rise, too.
ABDUL-MALIK ABU
attributed, "NC State slams the door emphatically on non-conference play", WRAL Sports Fan, December 28, 2016
Ability is that sufficiency which cometh from God.
J. WYCLIFFE
attributed, Day's Collacon
Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.
EDMUND BURKE
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Succeeding means pushing past beliefs that your abilities are limited in some way. You may believe you're not creative. But you can be, with deliberate practice.
HARVEY SCHACHTER
"The secret to peak performance", The Globe and Mail, July 20, 2016
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
HORACE WALPOLE
In the last analysis, ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.
AMBROSE BIERCE
The Devil's Dictionary
The problem with that is that it takes a lot of faith and it takes a lot of trust in what you're doing and what your ability is to just go up there day after day knowing no matter who is on the mound, I'm going to trust my ability and not try and overthink or do too much or waver based on the fact if I get a hit or not.
STEVEN SOUZA JR.
"Rays' Souza pursues elusive eliteness", Tampa Bay Times, January 23, 2017
Ability is a poor man's wealth.
MATTHEW WREN
attributed, Day's Collacon
When fortune wishes to bring mighty events to a successful conclusion, she selects some man of spirit and ability who knows how to seize the opportunity she offers.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
attributed, Day's Collacon
To be sure, ability is rightfully the first thing employers should assess when hiring a potential employee. It is, after all, the only tangible criterion.
ERIC SWENSON
The Five A's of Great Employees
If you question your abilities in game, it impacts your shot that much more.
JORDS
"#15 UK Hoops at #12 Texas A&M: Preview and Gamethread", A Sea of Blue, February 28, 2016
Human ability is an unequal match for the violent and unforeseen vicissitudes of the world.
HUGH BLAIR
Sermons
Ability comprehends the power of doing in general, without specifying the quality or degree.
GEORGE CRABBE
English Synonyms
To become an able man in any profession, there are three things necessary -- nature, study, and practice.
ARISTOTLE
attributed, Day's Collacon
Aristotle (384 - 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. A student of Plato, he was the founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition. His writings have exerted a unique influence on almost every form of knowledge in the West and continue to be a subject of contemporary philosophical discussion.
It requires no small degree of ability to know when to conceal one's ability.
FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
Moral Maxims
François de La Rochefoucauld (15 September 1613 - 17 March 1680) was a noted French moralist. He is part of the literary movement of classicism and best known for his maxims, which had a profound influence on German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
You should be able to do the things you want in life, no matter what your ability is. The attitude should be, "Well why can't you do it?"
JOANNE O'RIORDAN
"You should be able to do the things you want in life, no matter what your ability is", Irish Independent, May 2, 2016
Your ability is as good as money in the bank.
BOB NEAL
"The Countryman: Fully engaged vs. check the box", Daily Bulldog, January 5, 2017
The abilities of man must fall short on one side or other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed; if you pull it upon your shoulders, you leave your feet bare; if you thrust it down upon your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.
SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE
The Works of Sir William Temple