#ability

War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#consider #contrive #execute #furnishes #gives

I'm a horrible drawer. I have no artistic ability in my hands. ↗

— Katharine McPhee

#artistic #drawer #hands #horrible #i

Many people in the world today are not starving because there is an inherent inability to produce food, they are starving because they are caught in the middle of political fights and blockades that have been used as weapons. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#been #caught #fights #food #inability

Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability. ↗

— Ho Chi Minh

#good opportunity #opportunity #pine #remember #show

Marriage is a core institution of societies throughout the world and throughout history. It's something that has provided permanence and stability for our very social structure. ↗

— David Vitter

#history #institution #marriage #our #permanence

I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre. ↗

— Jack Wagner

#always #both #helped #i #i think

My only job as an actor is to try and understand the character and, to the best of my ability, bring this character to life. ↗

— Patrick Warburton

#actor #best #bring #character #job

Tax breaks can serve a vital role in keeping and bringing jobs to our state; however, without accountability, they are little more than loopholes at taxpayers' expense. ↗

— Jeanne Kohl-Welles

#breaks #bringing #expense #however #jobs

I do believe in the viability of Indian spiritualism. ↗

— James Welch

#i #i do #indian #viability

No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its inability to protect its women save by hanging, shooting, and burning alleged offenders. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#america #burning #civilized #confessed #hanging