A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
能力
Ability
When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.
当我年轻的时候，我必须学习篮球的基础知识。你可以拥有世界上所有的体能，但你仍然必须知道基本的东西。
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
人类具有从他人经验中学习的能力，这一点几乎是独一无二的，但他们明显不愿意这样做，这一点也值得注意。
I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.
我相信思考的能力是有福的。如果你能思考一种情况，你就能处理它。最大的困难是保持你的头脑足够清醒去思考。
One of the things you learn being in the public eye is that you have the ability to raise awareness about serious issues, and, in the process, really help people.
在公众视野中，你能学到的一件事就是，你有能力提高人们对严重问题的意识，并在这个过程中真正帮助人们。
I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
我认为幸运是一种意识到机会，并有能力利用它…能在休息时微笑，抓住机会的人会成功。
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.
一个真正充满活力的社会的标志之一是，作为一个行动的助产士，能够摒弃激情——能够直接从思想转移到行动。
But every time our ability to access information and to communicate it to others is improved, in some sense we have achieved an increase over natural intelligence.
但是，每当我们获取信息并与他人沟通的能力得到提高时，在某种意义上，我们的智力就会超过自然智力。
When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life.
当一个人有上学的愿望，有能力，但不能进入我们的学校，这是错误的。教育驱动经济和生活质量。
Must faith be exactly that, the willingness and ability to believe in the face of a lack of evidence? If one could find the evidence, would then the faith be dead?
信仰一定就是这样吗?在缺乏证据的情况下，愿意并有能力去相信吗?如果能找到证据，那么信仰会消亡吗?
Life itself has an incomparable ability to test your wits that you won’t require anything extra or don’t have to go anywhere outside your space to get them tested.
生活本身就有一种无与伦比的能力来测试你的智慧，你不需要任何额外的东西，也不需要到你的空间之外的任何地方去测试它们。
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not.
也许所有教育中最有价值的结果是使你自己有能力去做你必须做的事情，当它应该做的时候，不管你喜欢与否。
The ability to get ahead in an organization is simply another talent, like the ability to play chess, paint pictures, do coronary bypass operations or pick pockets.
在一个组织中获得成功的能力只是另一种天赋，就像下棋、画画、做冠状动脉搭桥手术或扒窃的能力。
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The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
明智的人应该像鹤一样克制自己的感情，在适当了解自己的位置、时间和能力的情况下完成自己的目标。
There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines.
候选人和报道他的记者之间有一种奇怪的关系。它可能会受到一些小事的影响，比如一个称职的新闻工作人员、足够的座位、三明治和简报，以及理解最后期限的能力。
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
我所知道的最令人鼓舞的事实莫过于人类通过有意识的努力来提高自己的生活水平的无可置疑的能力。
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
对一流智力的测试是同时在头脑中持有两种相反观点的能力，同时仍能发挥作用。
Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.
音乐有治愈的力量。它能让人们离开自己几个小时。
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
机智是一种能力，描述别人看到自己的能力。