An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.
Jack Welch

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future as finishers.
Henry David Thoreau

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
Henry David Thoreau

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

Ability is nothing without opportunity.
Napoleon Bonaparte

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

Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it.
Robert H. Schuller

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
Oscar Wilde

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
Oscar Wilde

Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.
Ernest Hemingway

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
Abraham Maslow

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well.
Jim Rohn

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.
Henry Ford

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.
Henry Ford

The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
Henry Ford

I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
Samuel Goldwyn

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
Brian Tracy

Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
Brian Tracy

Your greatest asset is your earning ability. Your greatest resource is your time.
Brian Tracy

In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.
Ansel Adams