A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
能力
Ability
Not all can believe anything they want to, because not all have the ability to believe.
并不是所有人都能相信他们想相信的事情， 因为不是所有人都有相信的能力。
Too many athletes don't have the ability to set a goal and then carefully go towards it.
太多的运动员没有能力设定一个目标，然后小心翼翼地朝着它前进。
Happiness is being famous for your financial ability to indulge in every kind of excess.
幸福是以你的经济能力而闻名的，你可以放纵于任何一种过度。
You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
你必须对自己的能力有信心，然后足够坚强地坚持到底。
When I think of vision, I have in mind the ability to see above and beyond the majority.
当我想到愿景时，我脑海中就有了超越大多数人的能力。
I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school.
我是那种有一些天赋或能力的孩子，但在学校里从来没有显露出来。
It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using.
重要的是能力，而不是残疾，我不喜欢用这个词。
Human communities depend upon a diversity of talent not a singular conception of ability
人类社会依赖的是人才的多样性，而不是能力的单一概念
Tackling, and that ability to stay on your feet and pressurise a player, is a dying art.
抢断，以及那种站起来给球员施压的能力，是一门正在消亡的艺术。
Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
和平不是没有冲突，而是通过和平手段处理冲突的能力。
The ability to conduct is a gift of God with which few have been endowed in full measure.
行为的能力是上帝的恩赐，很少有人被完全赋予。
Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.
淡定是当一切都悬而未决的时候，保持冷静的能力。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
每个人都是天才。但是如果你根据一条鱼爬树的能力来判断它，它会认为自己一生都是愚蠢的。
The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up people's skills, interests, and abilities. In contrast, redistribution simply spreads money around. Even worse, it attenuates the ability to earn success by perverting economic incentives.
通过匹配人们的技能、兴趣和能力，使大多数人获得最大成功的系统是自由企业。相比之下，再分配只是简单地把钱分散开来。更糟糕的是，它削弱了通过扭曲经济激励机制获得成功的能力。
What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.
物质上的成功让你有能力专注于其他真正重要的事情。这就是能够做出改变，不仅在你自己的生活中，而且在其他人的生活中。
I think education is one of the greatest tools for most kids not only to expand their book knowledge, but their ability to experience new things - I think it opens more doors than any other experience I can think of.
我认为对大多数孩子来说，教育是最好的工具之一，不仅可以扩展他们的书本知识，还可以让他们体验新事物的能力——我认为它比我能想到的任何其他经历都能打开更多的门。
Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
很少有人有真正的艺术才能。因此，通过努力来刺激局势既不合适，也没有效果。如果你有一种强烈的，不安分的写作或绘画的冲动，只要吃点甜食，这种感觉就会过去。
Our only security is our ability to change.
我们唯一的安全是我们改变的能力。