#Ability

"When you run a part of the relay and pass on the baton, there is no sense of unfinished business in your mind. There is just the sense of having done your part to the best of your ability. That is it. The hope is to pass on the baton to somebody who will run faster and run a better marathon."

"Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends."

"I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing this.[Cormac McCarthy's Venomous Fiction, New York Times, April 19, 1992]"

"To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members."

"Statistics, likelihoods, and probabilities mean everything to men, nothing to God."

"Sometimes life knocks you on your ass... get up, get up, get up!!! Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them."

"For success, attitude is equally as important as ability."

"The ability to make somebody feel something: that's art. However you look at it, whether you're an author, a painter, a singer, a rapper, a spoken-word artist - art."

"What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives."

"Many people pray to be kept out of unexpected problems. Some people pray to be able to confront and overcome them."

"Fear is the lack of faith in one's ability to create powerful solutions."

"The human race is a remarkable creature, one with great potential, and I hope that 'Star Trek' has helped to show us what we can be if we believe in ourselves and our abilities."

"Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks, and courage."

"Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility... in the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have... is the ability to take on responsibility."

"Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks and courage."

"Jeffrey Zeldman had an astonishing ability to craft a seductive coolness using educated references, dry humor, and retro/organic imagery."

"The ability to withstand the flinch comes with the knowledge that the future will be better than the past."

"I dance so fluid you’d think I’m a fish. I don’t need to drink to be able to dance—I am the drink. Have a sip and find out for yourself."

"You have the ability to choose your reactions."

"The tragedy is that there are many walking encyclopedias who are living failures."