Capacity Quotes

2116 Capacity quotes by 1415 unique authors

A lot of people do things out of fear. A lot of people make choices [based on thinking] they won’t have a career in five… — Katy Perry
Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life. — Carl Rogers
Most people see the problem of love primarily as that of being loved, rather than that of loving, of one's capacity to love. Hence the… — Erich Fromm
Any single historical event is too complex to be adequately known by anyone. It transcends all the intellectual capacities of men. Our practice is to… — B.F. Skinner
Without being forgiven, released from the consequences of what we have done, our capacity to act would, as it were, be confined to one single… — Hannah Arendt
Insofar as the theorist wins, therefore, by constructing an increasingly closed and terrifying machine, to that very degree he loses, since the critical capacity of… — Fredric Jameson
The particular aspect of history which both attracts and benefits its readers is the examination of causes and the capacity, which is the reward of… — Polybius
There are indications because of new inventions, that 10, 15, or 20 nations will have a nuclear capacity, including Red China, by the end of… — John F. Kennedy
Our capacities, our instincts for this our present sphere are but half developed. Let us be completely natural; before we trouble ourselves with the supernatural. — Margaret Fuller
An artist has an obligation to tell the truth. [...] that the true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but… — George R. R. Martin
To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is never easy to demand the most from ourselves, from our lives, from our work. To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged… — Audre Lorde
Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model. — Abdul Kalam
Brilliant. [Lasdun] seems to me certainly among the most gifted, vivid, and deft poets now writing in English, and far better than many who are… — Anthony Hecht
The human being is born with an incurable capacity for making the best of things. — Helen Keller
When I went back home, I was constantly being reminded, I'm an African woman, and so there are certain things I shouldn't do, certain ambitions… — Wangari Maathai
If we want to help poor people out, one way to do that is to help them explore and use their own capability. Human being… — Muhammad Yunus
We must abandon the unworkable notion that it is morally reprehensible for some countries to pursue weapons of mass destruction, yet morally acceptable for others… — Mohamed ElBaradei
Are you a person—with volition and maybe some stubbornness and at least the capacity if not the actual determination to do something surprising—or are you… — Stephen R. Donaldson
Male and female citizens, being equal in the eyes of the law, must be equally admitted to all honors, positions, and public employment according to… — Olympe de Gouges
I found that I faced a highly complex situation, and that I couldnt hope to change it until I had armed myself with the necessary… — Anwar Sadat
To watch an American on a beach or crowding into a subway, or buying a theater ticket, or sitting at home with his radio on,… — Alistair Cooke
I constantly meet people who are doubtful, generally without due reason, about their potential capacity [as mathematicians]. The first test is whether you got anything… — John Edensor Littlewood
What do we teach our children? . . . We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a… — Pablo Casals
Remember our heritage is our power; we can know ourselves and our capacities by seeing that other women have been strong. — Judy Chicago

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