Beyond basic mathematical aptitude, the difference between good programmers and great programmers is verbal ability.

Merely that I have a World Wide Web page does not give me any power, any abilities, nor any status in the real world.

I miss my boats, and I miss having the ability to be out on the water during the daytime and then go skiing at night.

What I'm most fascinated by is the ability of art to induce changes, but remain grounded solidly in its art practice.

The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

I ended up in TV because I have no ability to do anything else. I have an agent who tells me where I have to be when.

Why use your natural abilities to make someone feel bad? I just want to be the guy who uses his power to be positive.

I've been blessed with a good head on my shoulders and quite a good ability of discernment. I can see through people.

If you ask me, we actors have this amazing ability to detach ourselves from an emotion and just do it for the camera.

An attack upon our ability to tell stories is not just censorship - it is a crime against our nature as human beings.

It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success.

I have never restricted myself to my strengths and abilities, as they are unlimited, and I am still discovering them.

Competitive advantage is a companys ability to perform in one or more ways that competitors cannot or will not match.

The confidence in my ability to be a performer, a steeliness about survival... I learnt all those things from my dad.

A human being survives by his ability to forget. Memory is always ready to blot out the bad and retain only the good.

The ability to establish, grow, extend, and restore trust is the key professional and personal competency of our time.

Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person.

The more you practice tolerating discomfort, the more confidence you'll gain in your ability to accept new challenges.

The best all-around [running] back in the league is Jamaal Charles. He has the ability to hit a homerun from anywhere.

It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new.

Advertising is the ability to sense, interpret... to put the very heart throbs of a business into type, paper and ink.

I don't think your ability to fight has anything to do with how big you are. It's to do with how much anger is in you.

Natural ability is important, but you can go far without it if you have the focus, drive, desire and positive attitude.

If you don't have the ability to see when to stand up and the conviction to do it, you'll never be an effective leader.

The reason why America was built is so that we would have the ability to choose who we pray to, whether we do or don't.

The strongest tool we, as Americans, have is our ability to rally together and to find solutions with unity of purpose.

Power is not a material possession that can be given, it is the ability to act. Power must be taken, it is never given.

The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.

Spina bifida affects every single aspect of your life, from your child's self-esteem to your ability to sleep at night.

You can measure your power in your ability to stop thought. The longer you can stop thought, the more powerful you are.

Focus on something that you have a passion for and hone that skill; it will make you feel confident about your ability.

Yes, education is the catalyst that will hone and sharpen our talents, skills, and abilities and cause them to blossom.

For me, mental toughness is the ability to stay focussed in the present irrespective of what is happening at the match.

What is art? It is not just nature, it is nurtured nature. It is intelligence applied to what physical ability you have.

Any method by which you get to see things that you haven't seen before hones your practiced ability to make connections.

To define knowledge as merely empirical is to limit one's ability to know; it enfeebles one's ability to feel and think.

Ye who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities. [Lat., Sumite materiam vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus.]

Having the ability to get and gain respect through your work is great but you have to be careful not to get carried away.

The most valuable asset we have, actually, is our ability to understand, to do the right thing, to be kind, to be decent.

The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.

My job is to make myself available to play to the best of my ability. Mentally, I've got to stay ready to play every day.

What is national freedom if not a people’s inner freedom to cultivate its abilities along the beaten path of its history?

I just got my work visa to shoot 'American Horror Story,' and my official status is 'alien with extraordinary abilities.'

Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain.

My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

I want to thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities.

No, I never go into a game with any doubts. I always feel confident in my ability, and hopefully I can be strong mentally.

I always say that the problem with jazz accessibility is not the content of the music, it's people's ability to access it.

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