Quotes on Ability

If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. [You must] reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

Some individuals have developed such strong internal standards that they no longer need the opinion of others to judge whether they have performed a task well or not. The ability to give objective feedback to oneself is in fact the mark of the expert.

Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things... one of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority.

Personal power is the ability to take action.

The ability to say no is a tremendous advantage for an investor.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

Leadership rests not only upon ability, not only upon capacity; having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it. His leadership is then based on truth and character. There must be truth in the purpose and will power in the character.

The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it put your whole soul into it-every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.

In the long run the ideas of the majority, however detrimental they may be, will carry on. The future of mankind depends on the ability of the elite to influence public opinion in the right direction.

It is wrong to ask who will rule. The ability to vote a bad government out of office is enough. That is democracy.

When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'

To reconcile conflicting parties, we must have the ability to understand the suffering of both sides.

The strike, the boycott, the refusal to serve, the ability to paralyze the functioning of a complex social structure-these remain potent weapons against the most fearsome state or corporate power.

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

Don't be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities and don't let the bastards get you down.

In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.

Success is the ability to continue to move through total disaster.

Each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence.

The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business--or almost anywhere else for that matter.

It is not your aptitude, but your attitude, that determines your altitude.