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
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 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
Ability is that sufficiency which cometh from God.
J. WYCLIFFE
attributed, Day's Collacon
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 for stupendous toil is lodged in every human spirit, a grand gift from the God of nature; but only the persevering worker knows what this latent power is able to achieve.
ELIAS LYMAN MAGOON
Proverbs for the People
Human ability is an unequal match for the violent and unforeseen vicissitudes of the world.
HUGH BLAIR
Sermons
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.
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
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
Those who constantly think highly of themselves, and are presumptuous usually end up failing. This is why even if you're capable, you should remain prudent and modest, because doing your tasks to the best of your ability is what will stand out in the end.
JACK MA
"Viral Article 'Jack Ma's Most Powerful Sayings' Is Probably Another List Of Quotes He Never Said", Vulcan Post, January 15, 2017
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
Whatever your ability is you only have to perform at that ability.
RUTH BLANCH
attributed, "CWA hosts Armidale Special Olympic speakers ", The Armidale Express, October 14, 2016
Ability consists in doing what we apprehend we can do.
HAKEWELL
attributed, Day's Collacon
Ability is a poor man's wealth.
MATTHEW WREN
attributed, Day's Collacon
In the last analysis, ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.
AMBROSE BIERCE
The Devil's Dictionary
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
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
Ability in man is an apt good, if it be applied to good ends.
DIOGENES
attributed, Day's Collacon