Abilities Quotes

"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

J.K. Rowling

"Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning."

Mahatma Gandhi

"Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others."

Marianne Williamson

"Not all men (and especially the wisest) share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But it is very true that many foolish men have claimed this because it displeased them that women knew more than they did."

Christine de Pizan

"Was not Hypatia the greatest philosopher of Alexandria, and a true martyr to the old values of learning? She was torn to pieces by a mob of incensed Christians not because she was a woman, but because her learning was so profound, her skills at dialectic so extensive that she reduced all who queried her to embarrassed silence. They could not argue with her, so they murdered her."

Iain Pears

"Have more humility. Remember you don't know the limits of your own abilities. Successful or not, if you keep pushing beyond yourself, you will enrich your own life – and maybe even please a few strangers."

A.L. Kennedy

"Ability, experience and books have solution for all the problems."

Amit Kalantri

"When the right stage gets missing, true talent that can grow to inspire, nurture and change lives least gets the right stage to manifest; real deft and dexterity remains latent and people only die with their dreams, abilities and capabilities."

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

"Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself. Believe in yourself, your abilities and your own potential. Never let self-doubt hold you captive. You are worthy of all that you dream of and hope for."

Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

"Believe in yourself, your abilities and your own potential. Never let self-doubt hold you captive. You are worthy of all that you dream of and hope for."

Roy Bennett

"As an unavoidable result of the inevitable loss of some physical and/or some mental abilities, many a man who has been alive for many years has become a boy again."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

"we were not born the same and we are all not born with the same abilities and capabilities, but no matter what seed God has given to us, be it small or big, He expects a good returns from us in the end and we must endeavor to be good stewards and managers of our abilities and capabilities regardless of where we live and the challenges we face!"

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Religion, Philosophy and life

"we were not born the same, we are all not born with the same abilities and capabilities, but no matter what seed God has given to us, be it small or big, He expects a good returns from us in the end and we must endeavor to be good stewards and managers of our abilities and capabilities regardless of where we live and the challenges we face!"

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Religion, Philosophy and life

"My goals exceed the reach of my energies, but my God exceeds the reach of my goals."

Craig D. Lounsbrough

"... theory is good for you because studying it expands your mind... Specific technical knowledge, though useful today, becomes outdated in just a few years. Consider instead the abilities to think, to express yourself clearly and precisely, to solve problems, and to know when you haven’t solved a problem. These abilities have lasting value. Studying theory trains you in these areas."

Michael Sipser, Introduction to the Theory of Computation

". . and so it is that A Sensei may impart his knowledge of the martial Way and nurture your fighting abilities, but you must learn the wisdom of finding other ways than martial skills to solve your problems"

Soke Behzad Ahmadi, Sensei in Solitary

"Don’t grieve when people fail to recognize your ability. Grieve for your lack of ability instead."

Confucius, The Analects

"The strength of every individual is the grace for great work."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

"God has from the beginning, placed in us all the necessary gifts, abilities and talents to have success"

Sunday Adelaja

"Passion lights the fire in every soul."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

"You must have a vivid imagination of what you seek."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

"There are no smooth paths to success. You have to straighten many rugged roads and scale numerous walls for the ultimate triumph."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

"Act as if it was, and it will be."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

"The greatest education is learning to know the divinity of thy soul."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

"We must not only exist but find and fulfill our specific mission on earth."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

"The greatest sacred-adventure is the pursuit of dreams."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

"Each one of us is endowed with specific sacred-skill."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

"Curiosity is the beginning of all creativity."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

"Why do we do so few when we can do so much?"

Gabrielle Dubois

"Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves."

Samuel Johnson, A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

"We think that boxes take everything that’s bad and they lock all that nasty stuff out, when in reality they take everything that we are and they lock all of those great things in."

Craig D. Lounsbrough

"One of the most terrifying things I fear is not my potential, but how much regret I’ll die with should I never use it."

Craig D. Lounsbrough

"Influence is not about what you can do but how you use it to change the lives of others"

Sunday Adelaja

"We underestimate ourselves, we do not believe in our strength, abilities, and talents and we have a distorted vision of ourselves"

Sunday Adelaja

"When we access ourselves wrongly, we are mistaken about our abilities"

Sunday Adelaja

"What you do with ease is your passion. It is a realm of flow like a continuous flowing stream ."

Lailah Gifty Akita

"Nothing great could ever be achieved, without personal force, determined spirit and self-confidence."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

"Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them."

Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night

"The rule seemed to be that a great woman must either die unwed ... or find a still greater man to marry her. ... The great man, on the other hand, could marry where he liked, not being restricted to great women; indeed, it was often found sweet and commendable in him to choose a woman of no sort of greatness at all."

Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night

"Women have sat indoors all these millions of years, so that by this time the very walls are permeated by their creative force, which has, indeed, so overcharged the capacity of bricks and mortar that it must needs harness itself to pens and brushes and business and politics."

Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own

"What'll Geoffrey do when you pull off your First, my child?" demanded Miss Ha"

Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night

"If I had any hand in it at all there’s a chance that it might be beautiful, but it simply cannot not be majestic."

Craig D. Lounsbrough

"A disciple can be forgiven if he does not have great mental ability. He can be forgiven also if he does not display outstanding physical prowess. But no disciple can be excused if he does not have zeal. If his heart is not aflame with a red-hot passion for the Savior, he stands condemned."

William MacDonald, True Discipleship

"You have great talent for great contribution to humanity."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

"The better we serve, the greater the fulfilment."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

"We can serve humanity with passionate commitment to our divine purpose."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

"There is enough work for everyone. May you find your purpose and passionately live it."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

"It takes persistent practice to be skilful in the act."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

"Lord I thank you for the gift of breath, eyes to see, ears to hear, tongue to taste, nose to smell; mouth to speak, face to smile, voice to sing, body to dance, legs to walk, mind to think and hands to write."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

"You can begin to dream, to love, to dance, to read, to sing, to study, to paint, to teach, to draw, to swim, to exercise, to write….!"

Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

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