My disability has opened my eyes to see my true abilities.
[F]riends praise your abilities to the skies, submit to you in argument, and seem to have the greatest deference for you; but, though they may ask it, you never find them following your advice upon their own affairs; nor allowing you to manage your own.
I believe that if you have faith in your own abilities then in the end others will have faith in them too, even if they need a little persuading.
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.
All abilities come from one mind
If there is one single reason why good people turn evil, it is because they fail to recognize God’s ownership over their kingdom, their vocation, their resources, their abilities, and above all their lives.
One of the greatest possible sins would be to return to God the life which he has given us with our abilities undiscovered and our talents undeveloped an unutilized. One of Jesus most bitter rebukes was given to him who buried his talents in the ground.
I am learning to be more vulnerable and open on stage. This comes with the development of my acting abilities.
I think the fact that Donald Trump is running now is the greatest to perhaps myself, and, again, Ivanka's [Trump] and Eric's[Trump] abilities to be able to run this company because he's not the kind of guy that would leave or jeopardize those people's families, their livelihoods to go do something where he wouldn't be in charge.
Being involved in competition is a privilege and an opportunity. Seek to make the most of that opportunity by pushing yourself to the limit of your abilities. When it is over, you will have earned the respect of your opponents, your coaches, and yourself.
What acquaintance have the people at large with the arena of political rectitude, with the connections of kingdoms, the resources of national strength, the abilities of ministers, or even with their own dispositions?. . . I pay no regard whatever to the voice of the people: it is their duty to do what is proper, without considering what may be agreeable.
I've always loved plastics and rubber, and it's such a specifically unique material that you have to have the manufacturing abilities to make it.
As we've seen the rise of cultural, environmental and educational tourism in adventure travel, we've also seen the rise of female participation. Part of that is due to changes in women's attitudes about their own abilities. As more women participate in such things as fly-fishing, whitewater kayaking and bicycling, we're also seeing concurrent growth in those areas in adventure travel.
Gifts and abilities, no matter how magnificent, are either limited or enhanced by character.
Compassion, caring, teaching, loving, and sharing your gifts, talents, and abilities are the gateways to power.
A lot of people think, particularly the people who have benefited, that they're entitled to the fruits of their abilities, their labor.
When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must be highly gratifying to them.
Take a chance on your own abilities clearly, neither exaggerating them nor under-assessing them.
Problem is that my athletic abilities in my mind are greater than what my body can accomplish. And my level of fear and anxiety of getting injured is greater than my courage.
A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.