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Letter "A" » Ability
«The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.»
Author: Ben Okri
| About:
Ability,
Competence,
Creativity,
Goodness,
Love,
Overcoming,
Suffering,
Suicide
| Keywords:
About us, authentic, transform
«The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.»
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
(Writer)
| About:
Ability,
Intelligence,
Testing
| Keywords:
first rate, First test, intelligence test, in the mind, opposed, rate, retain, The test
«The difference between one man and another is not mere ability - it is energy»
«The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.»
Author: Andrew Carnegie
(Industrialist, Philanthropist)
| About:
Ability,
Mind
| Keywords:
acquires, Anything Else, entitle, entitled, entitles, justly, of his own, possession, taking possession
«The most accomplished monkey cannot draw a monkey, this only man can do; just as it is also only man who regards his ability to do this as a distinct merit»
«The problem is this. The spread of markets outpaces the ability of societies and their political systems to adjust to them, let alone to guide the course they take»
Author: Kofi Annan
| About:
Ability,
Problems
| Keywords:
adjust, let alone, markets, outpace, outpaces, political system, political systems, societies, systems
«The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company»
«The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability.»
Author: Tom Lehrer
(Mathematician, Singer, Song Writer)
| About:
Ability,
Discrimination
| Keywords:
American Army, creed, discrimination, grounds, logical, prohibit
«The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of the age in which we live.»
Author: Kin Hubbard
(Humorist, Writer)
| About:
Ability
| Keywords:
height, Real Genius, The Genius, thorough
«The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains»
Author: Napoleon Bonaparte
(Emperor, General, Politician)
| About:
Ability,
Conscience
| Keywords:
consciousness, contains, embrace, extent, limited, space
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