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But Louis XIV had clever ministers, mainly men of humble origin chosen for their outstanding ability. — E.H. Gombrich

If you have a vision from God, It means you have the ability to fulfill it — Sunday Adelaja

Not all men are like Steve." "I know," I said, "but I don't have the ability to tell the difference." You're — Emma Scott

She looked down at the boy and knew her ability to love was not dead. It simply needed a reason to live. — Bette Lee Crosby

A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations. — William Feather

Some people have a gift for stupidity, an almost mystic ability to withstand any form of logic. — David Gemmell

Self-possession is the ability to face without fear life in all its contradictions. — Vivian Gornick

He said with such confidence that her heart surged with hope. But a person's ability to love is only equal to his or her openness in receiving it. — Debbie Macomber

That the hungover eye had a weird ability to find the ugliest things in any given landscape. — Stephen King

A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government. — Bob Woodward

A ballplayer has two reputations, one with the other players and one with the fans. The first is based on ability. The second the newspapers give him. — Johnny Evers

The story is always better than your ability to write it. — Robin McKinley

He smiled. The ability to drink and not grow drunk - an advantage of pewter that nobody had told him about. There had to be a way to use such a skill. — Brandon Sanderson

Just like a trained scientist, a disciplined mind will have the knowledge of what to look for and the ability to recognize when discoveries are made. — Dalai Lama XIV

Directing for me is the ability to take the words from a page and share my vision with the world. — Denzel Whitaker

The ability to negotiate with other people without friction and argument is the outstanding quality of all successful people. — Napoleon Hill

I have an amazing ability to forget. — Gene Mauch

Never underestimate your ability to make someone else's life better - even if you never know it. — Greg Louganis

The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis. — Thurgood Marshall

What greater gift could you offer your children than an inherent ability to earn a living just by being themselves? — Katherine Dunn

An asshole who sometimes pretends to be nice totally has the ability to suck you back in, making you think that you had him all wrong. — Lauren Barnholdt

People know who I am. I have less ability to be intimidated, in a sense, than others coming up. — Jon Voight

A broad base of knowledge is critically important to our ability to investigate terrorism. — Raymond Kelly

No one has the ability to laugh at their misfortunes like the women of the East End. — Philip Ridley

Magic has been something I've been really good at since I was really young. The ability has always come easy to me, I'm not sure why. — David Copperfield

The possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a comtempt for mere external show — James A. Garfield

I'm confident with my ability. — LeBron James

He has the ability to work harder and endure more stress than anyone I've ever met," Gracias said. — Ashlee Vance

Our ability to compete for the jobs of tomorrow depends, above all, on our capacity to educate children today. — Michael Bennet

The thing the Church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful. — Pope Francis

Ability and necessity dwell near each other. — Pythagoras

My deepest wounds and greatest strengths lie in my ability to see the potential for relationship in my life. — Helen LaKelly Hunt

The ability to make hard truths palatable is one that every long-lived co-leader has mastered. — David A. Heenan

Your thought is so important because it has the ability to make or mar you. Your thought will either move you forward or set you backwards. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Running and science draw on similar traits - stamina, ambition, patience, and the ability to overcome limits. — Wolfgang Ketterle

Investing is forgoing consumption now in order to have the ability to consume more at a later date. — Warren Buffett

Advertising is the ability to sense, interpret ... to put the very heart throbs of a business into type, paper and ink. — Leo Burnett

True faith has no eyes, no ability to see. Instead, the Father left us with the most precious little grain - a tiny little thing - in a mustard seed. — Ursula Denise Walker

The best all-around [running] back in the league is Jamaal Charles. He has the ability to hit a homerun from anywhere. — LaDainian Tomlinson

If I have been given any gift in this life, it's my ability to live simultaneously in the rational world and the world of imagination. — Tom Robbins

Creativity is an inherent ability that cannot be taught, only developed. — Pearl Zhu

Stupidity is a blockage in the ability to receive, integrate and transmit new signals. — Robert Anton Wilson

I have neither the ability of a poet or the flourish of a dramatist. But I must admit I was floored — Tushar Raheja

Prudence is foresight and far-sightedness. It's the ability to make immediate decisions on the basis of their longer-range effects. — John Ortberg

We have gutted our ability to detect the next attack. And I would not stand for that as president of the United States. — Lindsey Graham

The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity. — Michael Porter

At the end of the day, I want to be known for my ability to create life from words. — Chelsea Hobbs

It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using. — Marlee Matlin

The real meaning of the word paranoia is
a man or person who has the ability to link events that seemingly are not connected. — John Coleman

The ability to withstand the flinch comes with the knowledge that the future will be better than the past. — Julien Smith

Personal maturity means the ability to know and do the right thing, even when we don't feel like it. — Jesse Rice

Peace comes not from the absence of conflict, but from the ability to cope with it. Anonymous — Dan Millman

Agility is the ability to balance flexibility and stability — Jim Highsmith

A very important function of intelligence is the ability to premeditate. ~ Aarush Kashyap — Kirtida Gautam

Leadership is the ability to help people and organizations surpass themselves. — Mark Sanborn

Competitive advantage is a companys ability to perform in one or more ways that competitors cannot or will not match. — Philip Kotler

My singing ability is zilch. — Jeff VanderMeer

Living unloved is like clipping a bird's wings and removing its ability to fly. — Wm. Paul Young

However you arrive at the ability to ignore self-doubt - if you can acquire it or possess it or find it or discover it - move beyond self-doubt. — Dwight Yoakam

If I had the ability to touch anyone else in this world, I still don't believe I'd want it to be anyone but you. — Jus Accardo

The souls ability to nourish itself lies in the heart. — Aristotle.

It occurred to her that mercy was the ability to stop, if only for a moment. There was no mercy where there could be no stopping. — Frank Herbert

Live within your ability but think beyond your capability. — Debasish Mridha

My willingness to fail gives me the ability to succeed. — Vinod Khosla

My wealth lay in my ability to assist others, so that was my focus. — Tina Louise Spalding

In the end, you will forget to love, and you will not have the ability to offend. When you have the ability to love, love and forget to offend. — Debasish Mridha

You have more potential than you think. — Sam Snead

Laughing Faces Do Not Mean That There Is Absence Of Sorrow! But It Means That They Have The Ability To Deal With It — William Shakespeare

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains. — Napoleon Bonaparte

To succeed inside a political party, one must cultivate an ability to sit still and remain polite while foolish people speak nonsense — Morton Blackwell

Ability is the result of mental and physical toughness, resourcefulness, and powerful concentration. — Howard A. Tullman

My conception of dominion status implies present ability to severe the British connection if I wish to. — Mahatma Gandhi

We are losing the ability to understand anything that's even vaguely complex. — Chuck Klosterman

If I sometimes seem to take too great pride in my fighting ability, it must be remembered that fighting is my vocation. — Edgar Rice Burroughs

Ronnie Barker was a straightforward man who had this extraordinary ability to make the nation laugh — Michael Palin

Emotions enthrall, but change, and as such have the ability to disrupt and destroy. — Donna Lynn Hope

Luck is not a magical ability or a gift from the gods. Instead, it is a way of thinking and behaving. — Richard Wiseman

Australians have a free spirit and an ability to think outside the box, and that is why I like Australia so much. — Brian Schmidt

Your actions and approach with what you have, will showcase to others what you would be able to do with more. — Loren Weisman

They have an inherent ability to find hidden order where at first glance things appear chaotic and unconnected. — Truity

Our ability to stay with God in our closet measures our ability to stay with God out of the closet. — E. M. Bounds

This was a species with an exceptional ability to ignore its approaching doom. — Salman Rushdie

Power is the ability to do good things for others. — Brooke Astor

I am profoundly skeptical about our abilities to predict the future in general, and human behavior in particular. — Errol Morris

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability. — Barry Mann

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life. — Henry David Thoreau

I'd once overheard my daddy tell my momma that the six Winston boys had inherited their father's ability to charm snakes, the IRS, and women. — Penny Reid

To perceive the aura of an object we look at means to invest it with the ability to look at us in return. — Walter Benjamin

it looks dualistic, but it has that ability to liberate you from the bondage of dualism. — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse

Expressing feelings is linked directly with creation ... In this ability to tap the sources of feeling and imagination lies the secret of abundance. — Anais Nin

You are never asked to do more than you are able without being given the strength and ability to do it. — Eileen Caddy

For great many species today, "fitness" means the ability to get along in a world in which humankind has become the most powerful evolutionary force. — Michael Pollan

Your hunger blurs your ability, — R.A. Salvatore

Security lies in our ability to produce. — Douglas MacArthur

When it comes to having a central nervous system, and the ability to feel pain, hunger, and thirst, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. — Ingrid Newkirk

I think it is shocking that 15- and 16-year-olds leave school unable to add up and with the reading ability of a four-year-old. — Joan Collins

This was a new skill she'd acquired, the ability to look, to the outside world, utterly serene and even cheerful, while, in her skull, all was chaos. — Dave Eggers

People always underestimate the ability of earth to increase its carrying capacity. — Charlie Munger

Power is the ability to translate, that is, to shift from one level of attention to another. — Frederick Lenz

The physician's ability to reassure the patient is a major factor in activating the body's own healing system. — Norman Cousins