I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing this.
[Cormac McCarthy's Venomous Fiction, New York Times, April 19, 1992]
Tag: humor talent writing inspirational-quotes creative-process self-confidence quotes gift writing-life ability author-quotes writing-quotes earning-a-living self-support
It does not take a great supernatural heroine or magical hero to save the world.
We all save it every day, and we all destroy it -- in our own small ways -- by every choice we make and every tiniest action resulting from that choice.
The next time you feel useless and impotent, remember what you are in fact doing in this very moment. And then observe your tiny, seemingly meaningless acts and choices coalesce and cascade together into a powerful positive whole.
The world -- if it could -- will thank you for it.
And if it does not... well, a true heroine or hero does not require it.
Tag: power choice world heroism action actions save choices hero powerlessness act heroine impotence ability saving acts savior empowered helpless powerless helpessness impotent
The ability to withstand the flinch comes with the knowledge that the future will be better than the past.
Julien SmithTag: past future knowledge courage ability perserverance flinch
The generality of mankind is lazy. What distinguishes men of genuine achievement from the rest of us is not so much their intellectual powers and aptitudes as their curiosity, their energy, their fullest use of their potentialities. Nobody really knows how smart or talented he is until he finds the incentives to use himself to the fullest. God has given us more than we know what to do with.
Sydney J. HarrisTag: god curiosity laziness achievement potential ability
CHAPTER VI
Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired By One's Own Arms And Ability
LET no one be surprised if, in speaking of entirely new principalities as I shall do, I adduce the highest examples both of prince and of state; because men, walking almost always in paths beaten by others, and following by imitation their deeds, are yet unable to keep entirely to the ways of others or attain to the power of those they imitate. 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 savour 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.
Tag: goals vision goal path aim example followers ability reach
A hero is defined by what he or she can do, not by what he or she cannot do.
Damon ThroopTag: confidence inspirational-quotes heroes hero abilities confident ability strenth
The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do. He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure.
Jeff WheelerTag: ability
Life is indeed a gamble, the ultimate game of chance, based purely upon having the ability to make the right choices at the right time. You never win or lose in life if you realise it is all just for the experience. Learn to create your own destiny, don't wait to see what fate throws your way.
Steven RedheadTag: time fate chance destiny choices lose ability win realise game-of-chance life-gamble
Some girls have to go to college to discover what they are good at; some are born doing what they must without even truly knowing why. I felt a hole in my heart shaped like a dark door I needed to guard.
Catherynne M. ValenteTag: self-discovery self-knowledge ability
Statistics, likelihoods, and probabilities mean everything to men, nothing to God.
Richelle E. GoodrichTag: power god statistics probability omnipotence ability richelle might richelle-goodrich almighty likelihood
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