Capacity Quotes

2116 Capacity quotes by 1415 unique authors

If the economy of today were operating close to capacity levels with little unemployment, or if a sudden change in our military requirements should cause… — John F. Kennedy
The Founders of the U.S. gave the senators a term of office three times longer than that of a representative precisely to encourage a reflective… — Al Gore
While we very much regret the impact this will have on certain employees, we must adjust our production capacity to the reality of current business… — Unknown Author
If it is, in reality, capitalism that is the motor force behind the destructive forms of globalization, then it must be in their capacity to… — Fredric Jameson
Evolutionary theory holds that our ability to sense when we should be suspicious has been every bit as essential for human survival as our capacity… — Daniel Goleman
The capacity for fear and for happiness are the same, the unrestricted openness to experience amounting to self-abandonment in which the vanquished rediscovers himself. — Theodor Adorno
Kindness, love, patience, understanding, and unity will increase as we serve, while intolerance, jealousy, envy, greed, and selfishness decrease or disappear. The more we give… — Carlos H. Amado
But the human body has an enormous capacity for adjusting to trying circumstances. I have found that one can bear the unbearable if one can… — Nelson Mandela
Forgiveness is the only way to break the cycle of blame-and pain-in a relationship...It does not settle all questions of blame and justice and fairness...But… — Philip Yancey
When we harbor negative emotions toward others or toward ourselves, or when we intentionally create pain for others, we poison our own physical and spiritual… — Caroline Myss
The best defence of the country is the fear of the fighter. If we are strong in fighters we should probably never be attacked in… — Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding
In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget that the human capacity for aggression is more than a… — Katherine Dunn
We call ourselves a "capacity building" organization; self-motivated and self-initiated capacity building. For example, in 30 years, I don't think I have signed a check… — Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
To attain his dream, the warrior of light needs a strong will and an enormous capacity for acceptance. — Paulo Coelho
Each human being has been granted a virtue: the capacity to choose. For he who does not use this virtue, it becomes a curse -… — Paulo Coelho
I love this word decadence, all shimmering in purple and gold. It suggests the subtle thoughts of ultimate civilization, a high literary culture, a soul… — Paul Verlaine
Invention consists in the capacity of seizing on the capabilities of a subject, and in the power of moulding and fashioning ideas suggested to it, — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Reason and faith cannot be separated without diminishing the capacity of men and women to know themselves, the world and God in an appropriate way. — Pope John Paul II
For those who want to understand the issues of the environmental crisis, Encounters with the Archdruid is a superb book. McPhee reveals more nuances of… — Stewart Udall
The new kind of music seems to create not from the heart but from the head. Its composers think rather than feel. They have not… — Sergei Rachmaninoff
All the evidence of history suggests that man is indeed a rational animal, but with a near infinite capacity for folly. . . . He… — Robert McNamara
Spirituality yields two fruits. The first in inspiration to know what to do. The second is power, or the capacity to do it. These two… — Richard G. Scott
We should refrain from anything that seems to be a final judgment of any person...the Lord alone has the capacity to judge...And, in all of… — Dallin H. Oaks
Thus, the enabling and strengthening aspect of the Atonement helps us to see and to do and to become good in ways that we could… — David A. Bednar
Not only does the Atonement of Jesus Christ overcome the effects of the Fall of Adam and make possible the remission of our individual sins… — David A. Bednar

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