quotations about ability
Succeeding means pushing past beliefs that your abilities are limited in some way. You may believe you're not creative. But you can be, with deliberate practice.
HARVEY SCHACHTER
"The secret to peak performance", The Globe and Mail, July 20, 2016
The problem with that is that it takes a lot of faith and it takes a lot of trust in what you're doing and what your ability is to just go up there day after day knowing no matter who is on the mound, I'm going to trust my ability and not try and overthink or do too much or waver based on the fact if I get a hit or not.
STEVEN SOUZA JR.
"Rays' Souza pursues elusive eliteness", Tampa Bay Times, January 23, 2017
You should be able to do the things you want in life, no matter what your ability is. The attitude should be, "Well why can't you do it?"
JOANNE O'RIORDAN
"You should be able to do the things you want in life, no matter what your ability is", Irish Independent, May 2, 2016
Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck that of the people.
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
Maxims
François de La Rochefoucauld (15 September 1613 - 17 March 1680) was a noted French moralist. He is part of the literary movement of classicism and best known for his maxims, which had a profound influence on German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
Ability is that sufficiency which cometh from God.
J. WYCLIFFE
attributed, Day's Collacon
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
HORACE WALPOLE
Paying attention to the way you think about your abilities can be a game-changer.... In the fixed mindset, people think their talents and abilities are fixed. If you think this way, then you worry about them and try to validate them, limiting you. When you operate with a fixed mindset you're afraid to ask for help.... In contrast, when you embrace a growth mindset, you believe that your talents and abilities can be developed through hard work, good strategy and mentoring.
DENISE GARCIA
"This simple shift in thinking can make you more successful, professor says", CNBC, June 13, 2016
Ability is a poor man's wealth.
MATTHEW WREN
attributed, Day's Collacon
Ability consists in doing what we apprehend we can do.
HAKEWELL
attributed, Day's Collacon
I was doing something I'd never done before. And what will I be able to do tomorrow that I cannot yet do today?
ELIZABETH GILBERT
Eat, Pray, Love
Ability comprehends the power of doing in general, without specifying the quality or degree.
GEORGE CRABBE
English Synonyms
The greatest thing a man can do in this world, is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
Learn to Expect a Great Deal of Life
The desire of appearing persons of ability often prevents our being so.
FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
Moral Maxims
François de La Rochefoucauld (15 September 1613 - 17 March 1680) was a noted French moralist. He is part of the literary movement of classicism and best known for his maxims, which had a profound influence on German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
The more confident you feel out there, the more your ability is going to show.
CARLOS GONZALEZ
"Story's first week in the majors is one for the record books", Oakland Press, April 11, 2016
Because ability can be managed, employers must consider it as a starting point, but one that is incomplete and possibly even the least important quality of all. After all, an employee with a lower level of proficiency, but a high level of aptitude, can learn to become more capable. His or her abilities can increase with time, experience, and training.
ERIC SWENSON
The Five A's of Great Employees
How few there are who are furnished with abilities sufficient to recommend their actions to the admiration of the world, and distinguish themselves from the rest of mankind.
RICHARD STEELE
The Spectator, Dec. 22, 1711
If you question your abilities in game, it impacts your shot that much more.
JORDS
"#15 UK Hoops at #12 Texas A&M: Preview and Gamethread", A Sea of Blue, February 28, 2016
When fortune wishes to bring mighty events to a successful conclusion, she selects some man of spirit and ability who knows how to seize the opportunity she offers.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
attributed, Day's Collacon
To become an able man in any profession, there are three things necessary -- nature, study, and practice.
ARISTOTLE
attributed, Day's Collacon
Aristotle (384 - 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. A student of Plato, he was the founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition. His writings have exerted a unique influence on almost every form of knowledge in the West and continue to be a subject of contemporary philosophical discussion.
Our personalities and abilities are not fixed. This is not to say that nothing about a person is stable over time, but longitudinal studies of personality traits have found the traits to vary considerably with age, just as IQ scores have been found to jump when test takers are exposed to richer learning environments. Yes, there are limits, but people can and do change with effort and experience.
HEIDI GRANT HALVORSON
"The Mindset That Leads People to Be Dangerously Overconfident", Harvard Business Review, April 19, 2016