Their eagerness for the big-band music and their ability to grasp the essence of it made me realize that today's generation has not been properly exposed to the big-band sound.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
What women have to stand on squarely is not their ability to see the world in the way men see it, but the importance and validity of their seeing it in some other way.
Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation.
As doctors, we are not trained to communicate and understand the power of our words as they relate to a patient's ability and desire to survive.
There's no reason why you can't deliver a grammar-school curriculum to an all-ability intake.
The power of Manifestation is the ability to make seen the unseen, to real~ise the unreal
Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to keep things in perspective and deal with them.
The most sinister aspect of Jack is his detachment, his ability to distance himself from his feelings.
If you have ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve it and use it?
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
The heat around young actors burns out. Natural ability and magnetism only get you so far. The rest is hard work.
If you had a record company believing in you enough to cut an album then you had better have the ability to work the album on the road.
Having an infant is difficult. It's a lot of work, and I didn't hire any help because I overestimated my own abilities.
Discriminatory wage practices undermine women's ability to provide for their families and survive on a decent retirement income.
The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field.
Lord, bless me with the ability to achieve all that I can, and the wisdom to realize it doesn't all have to be by tomorrow!
The wisdom of hindsight would reveal that I had no clue how to find myself, no idea how to love myself, and no ability to be myself. Mix all of those three dilemmas, and you’ve created a cocktail that will knock anyone out. Even though I couldn’t...
You are your abilities and they are you. I can't put it to you more plainly. Do you know why I hate this cure? It's a statement that what we are is inherently wrong. It's a punishment for something that isn't our fault - all because they can't contro...
In many areas of life, freedom is not so much the absence of restrictions as finding the right ones, the liberating restrictions. Those that fit with the reality of our nature and the world produce greater power and scope for our abilities and a deep...
In a world of change and decay not even the man of faith can be completely happy. Instinctively he seeks the unchanging and is bereaved at the passing of dear familiar things. Yet much as we may deplore the lack of stability in all earthly things, in...
