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Definition of Ability
Ability

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent.

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Ability Quotations

Ability is nothing without opportunity.
Napoleon Bonaparte

From each according to his ability, to each according to his ability.
Craig Bruce

From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need.
Karl Marx

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 grandmother had the most dramatic effect on my life because she set me in one direction, and I had to go back the other direction for my sanity, and for my ability to be a social human being.
James E. Jones

Ability Translations

ability in Danish is egnethed
ability in Dutch is bekwaamheid, kundigheid
ability in Latin is potestas, facultas
ability in Norwegian is dyktighet
ability in Portuguese is abilidade
ability in Spanish is primor, habilitacion, habilidad


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