--- title: "13 Potential Good Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Potential Good quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Potential Good sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac1/deron-williams-30222_action_potential-is-the-good-of-life-action-the_467033.png" --- > [Potential is the good of life -- action the secret key.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deron-williams/potential-is-the-good-of-life-action-the-secret-key/) [Deron Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deron-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac1/deron-williams-30222_action_potential-is-the-good-of-life-action-the_467033.png) > [What you believe about God has the greatest potential for good or harm in your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-louis-cole/what-you-believe-about-god-has-the-greatest-potential-for-good-or/) [Edwin Louis Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-louis-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/edwin-louis-cole-7164_believe_what-you-believe-about-god-has-the-great_603519.png) > [“We see the potential for good in others and gain hope that we can survive and rebuild.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheryl-sandberg/we-see-the-potential-for-good-in-others-and-gain-hope-that-we-can/) [Sheryl Sandberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheryl-sandberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4d/sheryl-sandberg-439_hope_we-see-the-potential-for-good-in-others_412434.png) > [Liberalism has become a special kind of stupid, and it's on full display now, which I think ultimately has the potential to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/liberalism-has-become-a-special-kind-of-stupid-and-it-s-on-full/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d05/rush-limbaugh-28_display_liberalism-has-become-a-special-kind-of_211151.jpg) > [On some deep cosmic level, we are all one, and within us we each contain the potential for good and for destruction,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/on-some-deep-cosmic-level-we-are-all-one-and-within-us-we-each/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/starhawk-3881_compassion_on-some-deep-cosmic-level-we-are-all-one_478719.jpg) > [I'd have moments when I'd show potential, but I could never get a good period where I'd string some form together and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-bennett/i-d-have-moments-when-i-d-show-potential-but-i-could-never-get-a-good/) [Sam Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-bennett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/sam-bennett-29694_frustrated_i-d-have-moments-when-i-d-show-potential_3188967.jpg) > [“If we don't harness their potential for good, their societies will continue to reap their capacity for evil.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/if-we-don-t-harness-their-potential-for-good-their-societies-will/) [Roméo Dallaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rom-o-dallaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed4/rom-o-dallaire-19132_evil_if-we-don-t-harness-their-potential-for_1666242.jpg) > [I don't think setting people up is a bad move; in fact, it's one way to actually help singles - so long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brett-cooper/i-don-t-think-setting-people-up-is-a-bad-move-in-fact-it-s-one-way-to/) [Brett Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brett-cooper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/078/brett-cooper-8455_bad_i-don-t-think-setting-people-up-is-a-bad_204751.jpg) > [It's our potential for good stuff I'm most interested in exploring, but that has most meaning when juxtaposed with things that can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morris-gleitzman/it-s-our-potential-for-good-stuff-i-m-most-interested-in-exploring/) [Morris Gleitzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morris-gleitzman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/morris-gleitzman-12796_exploring_it-s-our-potential-for-good-stuff-i-m-mo_3050951.jpg) > [In every human being, there is potential for good just as much as there is potential for evil. The choice is yours…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-every-human-being-there-is-potential-for-good-just-as-much-as/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/anonymous-1_choice_in-every-human-being-there-is-potential_3079427.jpg) > [Life isn't that simple. Everybody has a dual potential to do good and bad and you're capable of doing both. But as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilbert-rideau/life-isn-t-that-simple-everybody-has-a-dual-potential-to-do-good-and/) [Wilbert Rideau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilbert-rideau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a24/wilbert-rideau-52797_capable_life-isn-t-that-simple-everybody-has-a-d_946956.jpg) > [Basically we are all the same human beings with the same potential to be a good human being or a bad human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/basically-we-are-all-the-same-human-beings-with-the-same-potential-to/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc0/dalai-lama-89_good-human_basically-we-are-all-the-same-human-bein_307948.jpg) > [I always look at films as real stories with real people in real situations. That's why I struggle with the whole notion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-pearce/i-always-look-at-films-as-real-stories-with-real-people-in-real/) [Guy Pearce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-pearce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9c/guy-pearce-4241_bad-guy_i-always-look-at-films-as-real-stories-w_3081141.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/potential-good/#itemlist", "name": "Potential Good Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Potential is the good of life -- action the secret key.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Deron Williams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deron-williams/potential-is-the-good-of-life-action-the-secret-key/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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