The phrase "ability to shine" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone's potential or talent to excel or stand out in a particular area.
Example: "Her ability to shine in challenging situations makes her a valuable team member."
Alternatives: "capacity to excel" or "talent to stand out."
"I thought that I had the ability to shine in this offense," Maclin said.
"I like the ability to shine light and make it loud," he said.
The thread that runs through it all was the desire to be seen and heard, the ability to shine.
Furthermore, your declining its donation in no way impedes its ability to do good works, only its ability to shine in your reflected beneficence.
Like The Wire, crime writing has the ability to shine light into the darker aspects of the world in which we live.
A more likely choice is Israel Folau, who has that gilded ability to shine even when his team are going backwards.
BE REALISTIC -- As early as middle school, children with ability begin to shine.
But the virtue of Nicholas Hytner's shining production is its ability to strike a balance between the play's disturbing qualities and its touchingly funny study of two natural singletons achieving maturity through love.
"Confusing depiction with endorsement is the first step toward chilling any American artist's ability and right to shine a light on dark deeds, especially when those deeds are cloaked in layers of government secrecy and obfuscation," Bigelow wrote.
Being free also gives SwiftKey the ability to out-shine paid rivals, such as Swype (although rivals may not have to reconsider their pricing strategies) — or indeed compete with preloaded freebies like Apple's native QuickType offering when that lands in iOS 8. "We see the technology as being as broad as possible," said Medlock.
This is where the social platforms and the ability to share and search really shine.
