One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.
Eric Hoffer

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
Eric Hoffer

I had the right to remain silent... but I didn't have the ability.
Ron White

Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
Casey Stengel

I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.
Rahm Emanuel

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Douglas Adams

My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it.
Sam Abell

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
Franz Kafka

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
Franz Kafka

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
Abraham Joshua Heschel

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
Golda Meir

I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.
Dean Koontz

If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored.
Dean Koontz

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.
Edmund Burke

I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've never seen before. If they do, I'm still looking for it.
Hank Aaron

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
Fran Lebowitz

Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us; and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age.
Paul Klee

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
Flannery O'Connor

One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.
Arnold H. Glasow

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.
Arnold H. Glasow