A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

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.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.