--- title: "11 Sense Possibility Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Sense Possibility quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Sense Possibility sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/marina-keegan-18769_ends_we-can-t-we-must-not-lose-this-sense-of_1739604.png" --- > [We can't, we MUST not lose this sense of possibility because in the end, it's all we have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-keegan/we-can-t-we-must-not-lose-this-sense-of-possibility-because-in-the/) [Marina Keegan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-keegan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/marina-keegan-18769_ends_we-can-t-we-must-not-lose-this-sense-of_1739604.png) > [“What I love about mornings is the sense of possibility”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-alexandra-vettese/what-i-love-about-mornings-is-the-sense-of-possibility/) [Maria Alexandra Vettese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-alexandra-vettese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e97/maria-alexandra-vettese-80270_morning_what-i-love-about-mornings-is-the-sense_770678.jpg) > [If there is a sense of reality, there must also be a sense of possibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/if-there-is-a-sense-of-reality-there-must-also-be-a-sense-of/) [Robert Musil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-musil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/robert-musil-2009_possibility_if-there-is-a-sense-of-reality-there-mus_1574840.jpg) > [“We're so young. We can't, we MUST not loose this sense of possibility because in the end, it's all we have.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-keegan/we-re-so-young-we-can-t-we-must-not-loose-this-sense-of-possibility/) [Marina Keegan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-keegan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/145/marina-keegan-18769_possibility_we-re-so-young-we-can-t-we-must-not-loos_684920.png) > [The sense of possibility so necessary for success comes not just from inside us or from our parents. It comes from our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/the-sense-of-possibility-so-necessary-for-success-comes-not-just-from/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5f/malcolm-gladwell-348_history_the-sense-of-possibility-so-necessary-fo_2548895.png) > [“Tugs had felt a sense of possibility today as she made that small speech, and there had to be a way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-ylvisaker/tugs-had-felt-a-sense-of-possibility-today-as-she-made-that-small/) [Anne Ylvisaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-ylvisaker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb6/anne-ylvisaker-53232_communication_tugs-had-felt-a-sense-of-possibility-tod_1330040.jpg) > [What drives people to public service is a sense of possibility. If you haven't sensed that possibility you don't get started in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hampton/what-drives-people-to-public-service-is-a-sense-of-possibility-if-you/) [Henry Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-hampton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/def/henry-hampton-50601_feels_what-drives-people-to-public-service-is_340216.png) > [No matter how bad the lives have been, we people always always have the strength to hold on to a sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senoraroy/no-matter-how-bad-the-lives-have-been-we-people-always-always-have/) [Senoraroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senoraroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e22/senoraroy-77_introspection_no-matter-how-bad-the-lives-have-been-we_2774911.jpg) > [The economic sense of possibility was so great when I was growing up that my parents had no question that I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-collins/the-economic-sense-of-possibility-was-so-great-when-i-was-growing-up/) [Gail Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/gail-collins-3567_always_the-economic-sense-of-possibility-was-so_1167829.png) > [“But if there is a sense of reality, and no one will doubt that it has its justification for existing, then there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/but-if-there-is-a-sense-of-reality-and-no-one-will-doubt-that-it-has/) [Robert Musil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-musil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/robert-musil-2009_possibility_but-if-there-is-a-sense-of-reality-and-n_2793746.jpg) > [“We are, in a certain way, defined as much by our potential as by its expression. There is a great difference between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-naomi-remen/we-are-in-a-certain-way-defined-as-much-by-our-potential-as-by-its-2/) [Rachel Naomi Remen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-naomi-remen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/466/rachel-naomi-remen-3110_facial-expression_we-are-in-a-certain-way-defined-as-much_1382949.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sense-possibility/#itemlist", "name": "Sense Possibility Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We can't, we MUST not lose this sense of possibility because in the end, it's all we have.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marina Keegan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-keegan/we-can-t-we-must-not-lose-this-sense-of-possibility-because-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/marina-keegan-18769_ends_we-can-t-we-must-not-lose-this-sense-of_1739604.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/marina-keegan-18769_ends_we-can-t-we-must-not-lose-this-sense-of_1739604.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/marina-keegan-18769_ends_we-can-t-we-must-not-lose-this-sense-of_1739604.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We can't, we MUST not lose this sense of possibility because in the end, it's all we have.” — Marina Keegan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What I love about mornings is the sense of possibility”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maria Alexandra Vettese" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-alexandra-vettese/what-i-love-about-mornings-is-the-sense-of-possibility/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e97/maria-alexandra-vettese-80270_morning_what-i-love-about-mornings-is-the-sense_770678.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e97/maria-alexandra-vettese-80270_morning_what-i-love-about-mornings-is-the-sense_770678.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e97/maria-alexandra-vettese-80270_morning_what-i-love-about-mornings-is-the-sense_770678.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What I love about mornings is the sense of possibility” — Maria Alexandra Vettese", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If there is a sense of reality, there must also be a sense of possibility.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Musil" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/if-there-is-a-sense-of-reality-there-must-also-be-a-sense-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/robert-musil-2009_possibility_if-there-is-a-sense-of-reality-there-mus_1574840.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/robert-musil-2009_possibility_if-there-is-a-sense-of-reality-there-mus_1574840.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/robert-musil-2009_possibility_if-there-is-a-sense-of-reality-there-mus_1574840.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If there is a sense of reality, there must also be a sense of possibility.” — Robert Musil", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We're so young. 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I've always believed that the economics of a story intersects with the women's story - that stuff often happens at the time it happens because of the economy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gail Collins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-collins/the-economic-sense-of-possibility-was-so-great-when-i-was-growing-up/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/gail-collins-3567_always_the-economic-sense-of-possibility-was-so_1167829.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/gail-collins-3567_always_the-economic-sense-of-possibility-was-so_1167829.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/gail-collins-3567_always_the-economic-sense-of-possibility-was-so_1167829.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The economic sense of possibility was so great when I was growing up that my parents had no question that I…” — Gail Collins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But if there is a sense of reality, and no one will doubt that it has its justification for existing, then there must also be something we can call a sense of possibility. Whoever has it does not say, for instance: Here this or that has happened, will happen, must happen; but he invents: Here this or that might, could, or ought to happen. If he is told that something is the way it is, he will think: Well, it could probably just as well be otherwise. [...] Such possibilists are said to inhabit a more delicate medium, a hazy medium of mist, fantasy, daydreams, and the subjunctive mood. Children who show this tendency are dealt with firmly and warned that such persons are cranks, dreamers, weaklings, know-it-alls, or troublemakers. Such fools are also called idealists by those who wish to praise them. But all this clearly applies only to their weak subspecies, those who cannot comprehend reality or who, in their melancholic condition, avoid it. 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There is a great difference between an acorn and a little bit of wood carved into an acorn shape, a difference not always readily apparent to the naked eye. The difference is there even if an acorn never has the opportunity to plant itself and become an oak. Remembering its potential changes the way in which we think of an acorn and react to it. How we value it. If an acorn were conscious, knowing its potential would change the way it might think and feel about itself. The Hindus use the greeting \"Namaste\" instead of our more noncommittal \"Hello.\" The connotation of this is roughly, whatever your outer appearance, I see and greet the soul in you. There is a wisdom in such ways of relating. Sometimes we can best help other people by remembering that what we believe about them may be reflected back to them in our presence and may affect them in ways we do not fully understand. Perhaps a sense of possibility is communicated by our tone of voice, facial expression, or certain choice of words . . . Holding and conveying a sense of possibility does not mean making demands or having expectations. It may mean having no expectations, but simply being open to whatever promise the situation may hold and remembering the inability of anyone to know the future. Thoreau said that we must awaken and stay awake not by mechanical means, but by a constant expectation of the dawn. There's no need to demand the dawn, the dawn is simply a matter of time. And patience. And the dawn may look quite different from the story we tell ourselves about it. 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