“For many activities, people cannot rely solely on themselves in evaluating their ability level because such judgments require inferences from probabilistic indicants of talent about which they may have limited knowledge. Self-appraisals are, therefore, partly based on the opinions of others who presumably possess evaluative competence” PeopleMaySelfAbilityLevelsOpinionTalentActivityJudgmentRelyCompetenceInferenceSelf EfficacyAppraisalLimited Knowledge Author:Albert Bandura
“The evaluative habits developed in sibling interactions undoubtedly affect the salience and choice of comparative referents in self-ability evaluations in later life” SelfChoicesAbilityHabitInteractionSiblingEvaluationSelf Efficacy Book:Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory Source: Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory
“The nature of spiritual awakening is frequently misunderstood. The adoption of spiritual beliefs, seeing visions of God or celestial beings, the ability to channel, to heal, to foretell the future, or other paranormal powers - all such phenomena are of value and are not to be dismissed, but none of them is in itself indicative of spiritual awakening in a person who experiences them.” PersonsSpiritualValuesBeliefAbilityVisionSeeingAwakeningHealParanormalAdoptionMisunderstoodSpiritual AwakeningCelestialSpiritual Beliefs Author:Eckhart Tolle
“The word 'heart' can refer to an emotional bond between people, and also to the precious faculty of empathy, an 'open heart', which means sharing the feelings of another and includes an outflow of goodwill towards our fellow humans and all life forms. This, of course, is what the Dalai Lama refers to when he says "my religion is kindness", and is closely related to the ability to feel compassion.” PeopleFeelsHumansHeartMeanFeelingsFormCoursesAbilityCompassionKindnessEmotionalEmpathyFellowsRelatedFacultyGoodwillOpen HeartLamaDalai Author:Eckhart Tolle
“If you don't have the ability or encouragement to use yourself in a physical way, you could become just another talking head. And talking heads run things. That's part of the reason why we're in such a sad state as a planet, because it's all about thinking, and thinking has led to a lot of aggrandizement - taking over [resources] and figuring out how you can steal and leaving people and the planet in an impoverished state.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayStatesReasonUseRunningAbilityTalkingPlanetsResourcesEncouragementLeavingStealingReason WhyTalking Heads Author:Alice Walker
“If I point to anything that makes me who I am, it's that I have a whole lot of common sense. I've got a good mind and a good ability to read people and situations.” PeopleIfsMindWholeAbilityCommonSituationWho I AmCommon SenseGood Mind Author:Michelle Obama
“Plays are architecture, and you can make them stand in many ways that are hard to describe. And, I think, in our limited ability to describe them, we've substituted our inarticulateness for saying that there's one and only one structure.” ThinkingWayHardPlayAbilityStructureArchitecture Author:Sarah Ruhl
“If we took away the ability to put defibrillators in people in their last years, people would be shouting in the streets.” PeopleIfsYearsWould BeLastsAbilityStreetsLast YearShoutingDefibrillators Author:Atul Gawande
“Part of comprehensive immigration reform is not just the path to citizenship for undocumented workers, but also the ability for families to be together.” TogetherAbilityPathWorkersImmigrationReformCitizenshipComprehensiveImmigration ReformUndocumented Workers Author:Pramila Jayapal
“The justice of it seems to children correct and right - I mean, we laugh at it! We underestimate children's ability to know what is a story and what isn't.” KnowsMeanChildrenStoriesSeemsJusticeAbilityLaughingUnderestimate Author:Philip Pullman
“Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don't think art is elite or mysterious.” PeopleThinkingShouldHeartArtAbilityOrdinaryArt IsShould HaveMysteriousElitesOrdinary People Author:Ai Weiwei
“I am a strong believer in the ability of human beings to change for the better. I am a strong believer in trying to change what we are dissatisfied with.” TryingHumansStrongHuman BeingsAbilityBelieverDissatisfiedChange For The BetterTrying To Change Author:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“I think that's the core of black aesthetics: the ability to improvise. That is what has enabled our [black people's] survival.” PeopleThinkingBlackAbilitySurvivalCoreBlack PeopleAesthetics Author:August Wilson
“What set us apart from most or all of the other hominid species was our ultrasociality, our ability to be highly cooperative, even with strangers, people who are not at all related to us.” PeopleAbilitySpeciesStrangerRelatedCooperativesHominids Author:Jonathan Haidt
“There are a couple of watersheds in human evolution. Most people are comfortable thinking about tool use and language use as watersheds. But the ability to play non-zero-sum games was another watershed.” PeopleThinkingHumansPlayUseGamesLanguageAbilityEvolutionCoupleComfortableToolsZeroHuman EvolutionZero Sum GameWatersheds Author:Jonathan Haidt
“Through the years I've learned to gain the trust of humans. I'm really good at gaining the trust of animals and I have developed the same ability with humans. I don't make people feel wrong, I just make people aware. I have learned to make people laugh.” PeopleFeelsYearsHumansAbilityAnimalLaughingGainsI've LearnedI Have LearnedMaking People LaughThrough The Years Author:Cesar Millan
“It's a big mistake when encyclopedias say "loyal" - this dog, this breed has this ability to be loyal, to be a one person dog. I don't agree with that. I think all dogs are honest, all dogs have integrity, all dogs are loyal and they're all capable of loving you. It doesn't come from the breed. It comes from the dog.” ThinkingPersonsBigsAbilityMistakeHonestDogIntegrityCapableAgreeLoyalLoving YouEncyclopediaBig Mistake Author:Cesar Millan
“It's always weird when I meet people who don't know how to crack crabs open and eat them the right way. I take a lot of pride in my crab-eating ability.” PeopleKnowsWayAbilityKnow HowPrideEatingCracksRight WayCrabs Author:Eric Hutchinson
“I should say that mental strength is No. 1, experience [is] No. 2, physical strength is No. 3, and genetic ability that you're getting from Mother Nature probably comes after.” ShouldMotherAbilityMother NatureMental StrengthPhysical Strength Author:Wladimir Klitschko
“All of my fights are planned. I study my opponents from A to Z. How he walks, how he looks, how he speaks, gestures of the human body, which is a certain language that provides you lots of information if you have the ability to read it.” IfsHumansLooksBodyCertainFightingSpeakLanguageAbilityWalksStudyInformationOpponentsGesturesHuman Body Author:Wladimir Klitschko
“I love my girlfriend, don't get me wrong. I truly love this woman, but I have the ability to have sex without any emotional involvement. It's a gift.” HumorFunnySexAbilityEmotionalGirlfriendInvolvementMy Girlfriend Author:Adam Ferrara
“There's an ability to learn & adapt, an ability to constantly have a vision that's driving you, but to be taking input from all sources.” AbilityVisionSourceDrivingInput Author:Reid Hoffman
“Idea that all the beats are wildly liberal and progressive is ridiculous. You have people thinking for themselves and having certain affinities because of their upbringing and who their family are, their own people who were close to them who fought in these wars and so on. It's complicated. But they had that ability to continue the conversation.” PeopleThinkingIdeasWarCertainAbilityConversationBeatsComplicatedRidiculousProgressiveUpbringingAffinity Author:Anne Waldman
“I think the greatest part about being an entrepreneur is the ability to create what you like and do it the way you want. You don't have to listen to anyone else or follow any instructions and that control is what entrepreneurship is all about.” ThinkingWayWantAbilityEntrepreneurEntrepreneurshipInstruction Author:Jeet Banerjee
“Be persistent and never give up. I had to deal with facing stereotypes and had a lot of people doubt me and my ability to drum, but I didn't let it phase me. You just have to believe in yourself. And of course, PRACTICE.” PeopleGivingBelieveCoursesAbilityDealsPracticeDoubtGiving UpBelieve In YourselfPhasesStereotypeBelieve In YouNever Giving UpPersistentDoubt Me Author:Jess Bowen
“I have the ability to go back to the old days with the boys and remember what it was like playing music. I have that real connection to the feeling of playing music as a young man. I do. I can almost touch it.” MenI CanRealFeelingsRememberYoungAbilityBoysConnectionsYoung ManOld DaysPlaying MusicReal Connection Author:Joel Plaskett
“I see blindness more as an ability and sight more as a disability because there are some people with sight who tend to judge others by what they see on the outside but I don't see that. I don't see the skin color, the hair style or the clothing people wear; I only see that which is within a person.” PeoplePersonsAbilityStyleColorJudgingHairSkinsSightDisabilityClothingsBlindnessSkin Color Author:Patrick Henry Hughes
“More conservative advocacy work often encourages portrayals of trans people as people who deserve rights. Deservingness, of course, corresponds to national racial, gender and ability norms.” PeopleCoursesAbilityRightsDeserveConservativeGenderNormTransAdvocacyPortrayal Author:Dean Spade
“Too many players focus on physical tells. For both online and live games, you should be focusing more on betting patterns and histories. The ability to figure out your opponent's hand based on his betting pattern is a crucial skill.” ShouldHandsGamesAbilityFocusPlayerFiguresSkillsPatternsOpponentsOnlineCrucialBetting Author:Daniel Negreanu
“When I think of organizations, I think of the capabilities an organization has more than its morphology or structure. The ability of an organization to have a shared purpose and the ability for employees to be productive are critical capabilities for most organizations today.” ThinkingTodayPurposeAbilityOrganizationStructureCriticalEmployeeProductiveCapabilityMorphology Author:Dave Ulrich
“The notion of "humanity" as a form of transcendence derives, I think, from the conviction that intellectuality possesses an absolute power, from the demand that our best behavior depends on our ability to think abstractly, in terms of a universal rule, about something called humanity, that we need to understand humanity abstractly so that we can act responsibly towards those who represent it.” ThinkingNeedsFormHumanityTermAbilityDependsDemandBehaviorUniversalAbsolutesNotionConvictionTranscendenceAbsolute Power Author:Talal Asad
“I just think that if you use materials that have an ability to communicate directly, you open up a channel and you can work through that. So you are using the power of materials.” IfsThinkingUseAbilityMaterialsCommunicateAbility To Communicate Author:Marc Quinn
“The ability to meditate successfully is a very unique skill that will help you better weather the storms of life.” HelpingAbilitySkillsUniqueStormWeatherStorms Of Life Author:Tim McCarthy
“As a species, we create tools to control our environment. What excites my imagination is wilderness: our materials' ability to escape our control.” ImaginationAbilityEnvironmentMaterialsToolsSpeciesWildernessMy ImaginationOur Environment Author:James Arthur
“Revenge is a really narrow scope through which to view things. In the same way secrets do, it has this ability to warp everything. But secrets are more inward, and revenge is outward.” WayAbilityViewsSecretRevengeInwardScopeWarp Author:James Scott
“No matter how old you are, if you're just not an empathetic person, it's a lot easier to concentrate solely on something that is injuring another person to even some score. Hopefully as people grow older, their ability to empathize deepens.” PeopleIfsPersonsMatterGrowsAbilityEasierHopefullyScoreOld YouEmpathetic Author:James Scott
“If somebody else is achieving more than I am, that means I can do it, too. Everybody has the ability to raise themselves up, and my life has been marked by that.” IfsMeanHas BeensI CanCan DoAbilityAchieveRaisesI Can Do It Author:Rob Lowe
“It is a serious mistake to judge God within the narrow limits of our own understanding and abilities.” UnderstandingAbilityMistakeSeriousJudgingLimitsSerious Mistakes Author:Sterling W Sill
“Statesmen exhibit five key commitments: 1) A commitment to principles above politics; 2) An ability to compromise without abandoning principle; 3) A commitment to truth over spin; 4) A commitment to courage over cowardice; and 5) A commitment, or willingness, to give up power.” GivingPoliticalPoliticsTermAbilityPrinciplesFiveKeysGiving UpCommitmentCompromiseWillingnessCowardiceStatesmenExhibitsTerm Limits Author:Tom Coburn
“My powers of empathy, my ability to reach into another's heart, cannot penetrate the blank stares of those who would murder innocents with abstract, serene satisfaction.” HeartAbilityPowerfulEmpathyMurderSatisfactionStaringAbstractBlankPenetrateSereneBlank Stares Book:Dreams From My Father Source: Dreams From My Father
“The genius of capitalism lies in its ability to make self-interest serve the wider interest. The potential of a big financial return for innovation unleashes a broad set of talented people in pursuit of many different discoveries. This system, driven by self-interest, is responsible for the incredible innovations that have improved so many lives.” PeopleDifferentSelfBigsLyingInterestAbilityBusinessReturnGeniusDiscoveryCapitalismInnovationResponsibleIncrediblesFinancialDrivenPursuitBroadsSelf Interest Author:Bill Gates
“I have known some good men who have been so addicted to their study, that they have thought the last day of the week sufficient to prepare for their ministry, though they employ all the rest of the week in other studies. But your business is to trade with your spiritual abilities. ... A man may preach a very good sermon, who is otherwise himself; but he will never make a good minister of Jesus Christ, whose mind and heart are not always in the work. Spiritual gifts will require continual ruminating on the things of the Gospel in our minds.” MenMindHeartMayHas BeensLastsSpiritualJesusChristAbilityBusinessKnownStudyWeekJesus ChristTradeVery GoodMinistersSufficientGood ManMinistryHeart And MindSermonsLast DayDays Of The WeekSpiritual Gifts Author:John Owen
“Like comedy, horror has an ability to provoke thought and further the conversation on real social issues in a very powerful way.” WayRealSocialAbilityPowerfulIssuesComedyHorrorConversationProvokingSocial IssuesVery Powerful Author:Jordan Peele
“Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish.” InspirationalBelieveHardFallAbilityHard WorkAccomplishBelieve In YourselfHave FaithFaith In YourselfBelief In SelfFall Into PlaceJust Believe In YourselfHave Faith In YourselfEverything Falls Into PlaceThings Fall Into PlaceOklahomans Author:Brad Henry
“I've been blessed with some luck, great ability and athleticism. That's really what's made me a great player, but I think the reason I've been able to last this long is the little things like taking care of my body.” ThinkingLittlesLongMadeReasonBodyCareAbleLastsAbilityPlayerBlessedLuckLittle ThingsAthleticism Author:Champ Bailey
“I have been truly blessed with the ability to compartmentalize the many competing agendas in my mind. Because of this I can shut it off and enjoy the moment.” MindHas BeensI CanMomentsEnjoyAbilityBlessedAgendasCompeting Author:Arlene Dickinson
“I have a ridiculous amount of confidence of protecting myself, but along with that confidence comes the ability that you don't need to fight.” NeedsFightingAbilityAmountRidiculous Author:Sean Faris
“I use both instruments with their strengths in mind. Mandolin - no sustain and attack of the right hand, for rhythm. Fiddle - use sustain of the bow and the ability to slide the non-fretted notes, like singing.” MindUseHandsAbilitySingingInstrumentsNotesRhythmBowsSlidesFiddle Author:Sam Bush
“The point here is what makes human beings different from other creatures is our ability to use language. We can use words to express ourselves in very eloquent and complex ways. We grow up telling and listening to stories. That's what turns us into the people we are.” PeopleWayHumansDifferentStoriesUseTurnsLanguageGrowsHuman BeingsAbilityGrowing UpListeningCreaturesComplexesBeing DifferentEloquent Author:Flemming Rose
“My personal view is that nobody should stand between an employer and employee when it comes to employment contract negations. Not the government and not meddlesome third parties. This includes the ability for individuals to bargain collectively with their employers.” ShouldGovernmentIndividualAbilityViewsPartyThirdsEmploymentEmployeeContractsEmployersBargainsNegationThird PartiesPersonal ViewsMeddlesome Author:Mark Noble