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To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
Ability
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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I shall be glad when you have strangled the invincible respectability that dogs your steps.
Respectability
D. H. Lawrence

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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Tact and Tactfulness
Abraham Lincoln

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Success is that old A B C; ability, breaks, and courage.
Success
Charles Luckman

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The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control emotions by the application of reason.
Intelligence and Intellectuals
Marya Mannes

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The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.
Ability
Orison Swett Marden

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Profitability doesn't happen when you're walking on bullshit.
Profits
Jerry Martin

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The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
Mind
Abraham H. Maslow

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The emotional security and political stability in this country entitle us to be a nuclear power.
Arms Race
Sir Ronald Mason

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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Quotations
W. Somerset Maugham

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Depression is the inability to construct a future.
Despair
Rollo May

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Your are in charge. You have the ability to master you destiny.
Control
Michael J. Mccarthy

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Stability is not immobility.
Security
Klemens Von Metternich

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Obstinacy is the sister of constancy, at least in vigor and stability.
Stubbornness
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.
Disability
Martina Navratilova

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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
Ability
John Henry Newman

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My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.
Concentration
Jack Nicklaus

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Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.
Medicine
Sir William Osler

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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
Will and Will Power
Ovid

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Ability is sexless.
Ability
Christabel Pankhurst

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Political success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it.
Politicians and Politics
Laurence J. Peter

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Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.
Wisdom
Titus Maccius Plautus

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The ability to sign a check is the least reliable guide to a company's fitness.
Company
David Plowright

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Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
Ability
John G. Pollard

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My life has been one long descent into respectability.
Respectability
Mandy Rice-Davies

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun