“I come to writing from hearing great stories as a child in Louisiana, where the mark of a person was his or her ability to be a raconteur. I also come to writing as a professional actress whose body has been trained to listen and smell and inhabit characters without judgment.” WritingChildrenPersonsHas BeensCharacterStoriesBodyAbilityJudgmentMarkHearingSmellActressesLouisiana Author:Rebecca Wells
“My ability to survive personal crises is really a mark of the character of my people. Individually and collectively, we must react with a tenacity that allows us again and again to bounce back from adversity.” PeopleCharacterAbilityMarkAdversityCrisisAgain And AgainTenacityBounce Author:Wilma Mankiller
“Maturity is the ability to harness your abilities and your energies and do more than is expected. The mature person refuses to settle for mediocrity. He/she would rather aim high and miss the mark than low-and make it.” PersonsEnergyAbilityMissingLowsMarkAimRefuseExpectedSettlingMaturityMatureMediocrityHarnessAim HighMature Person Author:Ann Landers
“One of the marks of true greatness is the ability to develop greatness in others.” AbilityGreatnessMarkTrue Greatness Author:J. C. Macaulay
“The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors, storytellers-creative and holistic 'right-brain' thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn't.” MindKindPersonsDifferentArtistLinesAbilityBrainCreativityCreativeDesignMarkFaultsThinkerDifferent KindsStorytellerInventorHolisticGet Ahead Author:Daniel H. Pink
“A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and to imitate those who have been supreme, so that if his ability does not equal theirs, at least it will savor of it. Let him act like the clever archers who, designing to hit the mark which yet appears too far distant, and knowing the limits to which the strength of their bow attains, take aim much higher than the mark, not to reach by their strength or arrow to so great a height, but to be able with the aid of so high an aim to hit the mark they wish to reach.” IfsMenDoeHas BeensWisdomAbleHopeWishAbilityKnowledgeKnowingPathWiseStrengthDesignOughtHigherLimitsEqualMarkAimExcellenceEqualityAidsSupremeCleverHeightGreat MenBowsBeatenArrowsArcher Book:The Prince Source: The Prince
“I deal in a very artistic way of what interests me and marks my passion, and I try to - whether its good or not - am in love with acting and the stage and characters and the ability to reach and to touch people, so that's where, I guess, that's where my heart will reside, by and large.” PeopleWayTryingHeartCharacterPassionInterestAbilityDealsActingStageMy HeartMarkArtisticMy Passion Author:Angela Bassett
“I hope my films will never completely be without the ability to mark anybody.” FilmAbilityMark Author:Lars von Trier
“One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.” ActionPassionAbilityMarkVigorousMidwife Author:Eric Hoffer
“The ability to get along without an exceptional leader is the mark of social vigor.” SocialAbilityLeaderMarkExceptionalVigor Author:Eric Hoffer