Capacities Quotes

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It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding… — Eric Hoffer
History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use… — Daisaku Ikeda
Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so. — Doris Lessing
Initially we performed in halls with capacities of 1,000. — Neville Marriner
We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves. — Thomas Merton
To work with the hands or brain, according to our requirements and our capacities, to do that which lies before us to do, is more… — Albert Pike
If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would… — Samuel Richardson
The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities. — Jose Eduardo Dos Santos
All men, even those we call savages, have been so tormented by the passion for strong drinks, that limited as their capacities were, they were… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities. — Walter Scott
Alleged 'impossibilities' are opportunities for our capacities to be stretched. — Charles R. Swindoll
By divine design, men and women are intended to progress together toward perfection and a fulness of glory. Because of their distinctive temperaments and capacities,… — David A. Bednar
Although elephants are far more distantly related to us than the great apes, they seem to have evolved similar social and cognitive capacities. — Frans de Waal
Winning the Pritzker assures a flood of work in one's seventies and eighties, jobs necessarily carried out by assistants as the demands of modern-day cultural… — Martin Filler
In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks,… — Margaret J. Wheatley
There is an ideal of excellence for any particular craft or occupation; similarly there must be an excellent that we can achieve as human beings.… — Aristotle
I am unaware of his plans but I shall never stop believing in them because I cannot fathom them and I prefer to mistrust my… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but can not do at all,… — Abraham Lincoln
It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs. — Albert Einstein
The common eye sees only the outside of things, and judges by that, but the seeing eye pierces through and reads the heart and the… — Mark Twain

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