Capacity Quotes · Page 35

I have also come to understand Congress' need for a bipartisan as well as a partisan capacity.

— David Price

The man who has the largest capacity for work and thought is the man who is bound to succeed.

— Henry Ford

Lincoln had a tremendous capacity for personal growth - more than any other American President.

— Henry Louis Gates

I underestimated the low level of capacity. I also underestimated the cultural roots of corruption.

— Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me.

— Jane Fonda

Real happiness in life comes from the mental capacity to adapt to any situation.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

— Anonymous

“Some days are better than others. The same can be said about people.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Some of the greatest minds on earth also have a great capacity to remember. Many would prefer to forget their memories of…

— Anthony Douglas

There is no way that Christians, in a private capacity, can do so much to promote the work of God and advance…

— Jonathan Edwards

Since coming to Congress, Selfridge has been a top priority for me as I've worked on annual defense bills and advocated for…

— John E. James

You know, your species [humans] has the most amazing capacity for self-deception, matched only by its ingenuity in trying to destroy itself.

— Ben Aaronovitch

If I wasn't a trader, I would probably be in the film business in some capacity and writing in some other form.…

— Jeff Cooper

We should learn and reflect to the best of our capacity, but when we reach a point where we are unable to…

— Baal Shem Tov

In order to thrive as artists we need to be available to the universal flow. When we put a stopper on our…

— Julia Cameron

The darkest moments of our lives are not to be buried and forgotten, rather they are a memory to be called upon…

— Vince Lombardi

For the first time, individual hackers could afford to have home machines comparable in power and storage capacity to the minicomputers of…

— Eric S. Raymond

I am slowly, painfully discovering that my refuge is not found in my mother, my grandmother, of even the birds of Bear…

— Terry Tempest Williams

There is an ideal of excellence for any particular craft or occupation; similarly there must be an excellent that we can achieve…

— Aristotle

Footballers' 'lack of loyalty,' for instance, is not an indication of players' moral delinquency. Instead, the capacity to move on quickly without…

— Mark Fisher

Some people give themselves over to their most evil desires, and those people becomes evil. But in general, it's reductive to think…

— Bill James

A true community maximizes the potential of whatever human resources exist within it (by allowing for all possible combinations), while networks minimize…

— Philip Slater

“[F]or all its reputation for conservatism, cricket in its history has demonstrated a remarkable capacity for innovation. What game has survived subjection…

— Gideon Haigh

Obama is thoroughly mixed up with all these things he's got. He's got to solve Libya. He's got to solve Afghanistan. He's…

— Vicente Fox

I think I am a living example of Modi's capacity to forgive.

— Smriti Irani

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.

— Kofi Annan

Internal security implies also an external dimension, a defence capacity.

— Federica Mogherini

Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.

— George Santayana

Bill Hicks wasn't just a comic, he was a crusader against humanity's relentless capacity to underachieve

— Simon Pegg

You must have a capacity to receive, or even omnipotence can't give.

— Anonymous

In the 21st Century, the capacity to communicate will almost certainly be a key human right.

— Nelson Mandela

There is a capacity for violence we all harbour, and under certain circumstances, it comes out.

— John Hillcoat

No man can exactly calculate the capacity of human genius and stupidity, nor the incapacity of will.

— B. H. Liddell Hart

These capacities for randomness may have been amplified into human creativity through sexual and social selection.

— Geoffrey Miller

We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort

— John Ashcroft

For the uniqueness of man lies in his capacity for self-transcendence.

— Ruth Nanda Anshen

The universe is but a partial manifestation of your limitless capacity to become.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Often what we take for a kindness is just someone acting in their capacity as a human being.

— Robert Breault

If I had the money and the drinking capacity, I'd probably live at a roulette table and let my life go to…

— Michael Ventura

Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.

— Adam Ferguson