If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored.
One of my strengths is my ability to talk and communicate with people.
Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused.
If someone has an ability to impress an audience there's a tendency to be tempted into doing just that.
Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are.
Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach.
The Stones are a different kind of group. I realized that when I joined them. It's not really so much their musical ability, it's just they have a certain kind of style and attitude which is unique.
Part of executive functions is the ability to look to a goal deadline and assess where an organization is in meeting it.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence.
Looting has an immense impact on our ability to understand our global cultural heritage; once these objects are gone, so too is our chance of piecing together humanity's shared story.
Every project is a race between your enthusiasm and your ability to get it done. Go fast. Don't slow down. A year from now, new things will interest you.
Phil Rudd from AC/DC was someone I really liked a lot... Not because I was dazzled by his playing ability - he was just a rock, y'know?
Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.
Music has the ability to comfort people.
CNN has given me a platform to share my experiences. My Web site, YouTube Channel and Facebook page have exposed me to thousands of voters who share my concerns. My lack of seniority has not impeded my ability to communicate in any way.
I had the right to remain silent... but I didn't have the ability.
Who is there that ever receives a gift and tries to make bargains about it? Let us, then, return thanks for what He has bestowed on us. Who can tell whether, if we had had a larger share of ability or stronger health, we should not have possessed them to our destruction.
Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she is not cared for and respected.
I was a good student with mathematical ability and interests. As such, I took the usual college preparatory program in high school for one looking to become an engineer: all the available courses in mathematics and science.
The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.
I love doing scripted things. What little acting ability I have I am holding on with my hangnails.
As we've gotten more successful, there's a gap between the speed of our publishing pipeline and the speed of our receiving submissions pipeline. Our pipeline of leaks has been increasing exponentially as our profile rises, and our ability to publish is increasing linearly.
It may be a mistake to say this, but I know my limitations as an actor and I know what I can and can not do. Robert De Niro can do everything. I can't. A 'Highlander' movie is basically my thing. What I'm attempting to do is develop my ability as an actor and try to be the best I can be in the fantasy/action genre.
Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it.
I feel like if you feel good about a script, and you feel confident about your ability to direct and just capture it right, it's all just, really, really in your favor there.
I agree with Marjorie Rosen's good psychological analysis of my acting ability.
Trust your ability!
Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.
The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brains and in your hands, wherever you go... It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.
I go for as much feeling as I can rather than show what I can do up and down the neck. I don't play to show people ability.
City employees will be hired and promoted because of their abilities - without outside interference.
Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
We've lost these qualities, these abilities to do something by hand. Some illustrators have it still, but it's just not art. We have photography. We have cameras and computers that do it better and faster.
I think that men have tremendous ability to lead. And I think women have a tremendous ability to lead, and they lead differently, and it gives a wonderful perspective to the problems.
