Capacity Quotes

2116 Capacity quotes by 1415 unique authors

Physically you are a human being, but mentally you are incomplete. Given that we have this physical human form, we must safeguard our mental capacity… — Dalai Lama
Everybody is born with the capacity to enjoy, but not with the art. People think just because they are alive and they breathe and they… — Rajneesh
On a perfect planet such as might be acceptable to a physicist, one might predict that from its origin the diversity of life would grow… — Simon Conway Morris
He exhibits the most extraordinary capacity for middle age that I've ever encountered in a young man of twenty-four. — Unknown Author
Experience suggests that the first rule of politics is never to say never. The ingenious human capacity for maneuver and compromise may make acceptable tomorrow… — William V. Shannon
But if we laugh with derision, we will never understand. Human intellectual capacity has not altered for thousands of years so far as we can… — Stephen Jay Gould
Maturity is not equated with independence though it includes a certain capacity for independence...The independence of the mature person is simply that he does not… — Nancy Chodorow
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. Our requirements for world leadership, our hopes for economic growth, and… — John F. Kennedy
The act of nutrition is not a purely physiological event... The family meal is a formality that cultivates in us... a capacity for sharing, generosity,… — Francine du Plessix Gray
The hardest metal yields to sufficient heat. Even so must the hardest heart melt before sufficiency of the heat of non- violence. And there is… — Mahatma Gandhi
Having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it. — Vince Lombardi
Encouragement is awesome. Think about it. It has the capacity to lift a man's or a woman's shoulders. To breathe fresh air into the fading… — Charles R. Swindoll
Do to us what you will, and we will still love you. Bomb our homes and threaten our children, and as difficult as it is,… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The scientist, by the very nature of his commitment, creates more and more questions, never fewer. Indeed the measure of our intellectual maturity, one philosopher… — Gordon W. Allport
Our capacity to draw happiness from aesthetic objects or material goods in fact seems critically dependent on our first satisfying a more important range of… — Alain de Botton
The tragedy of life is not found in failure but complacency. Not in you doing too much, but doing too little. Not in you living… — Benjamin E. Mays
We are an arrogant species, full of terrible potential, but we also have a great capacity for love, friendship, generosity, kindness, faith, hope, and joy. — Dean Koontz
In positive terms, we can state that psychological maturity entails finding greater satisfaction in giving than in receiving; having a capacity to form satisfying and… — William C. Menninger
Unlike us, cats never outgrow their delight in cat capacities, nor do they settle finally for limitations. Cats, I think, live out their lives fulfilling… — Irving Townsend
Develop a capacity for things like purpose, love, wonder, courage, and grace. — John Jantsch
Photography has the capacity to provide images of man and his environment that are both works of art and moments in history. — Cornell Capa
During painful times, when you feel a terrible void, think how the capacity of your soul is being enlarged so that it can receive God-… — Elizabeth of the Trinity
At Concerned Veterans for America, we've made the case that the defense budget could be targeted for spending reform, but in a targeted fashion that… — Pete Hegseth
I paint to evoke a changing language of symbols, a language with which to remark upon the qualities of our mysterious capacities which direct us… — Morris Graves
Now the 21st century approaches and with it the inevitability of change. We must wonder if the American people will find renewal and rejuvenation within… — John Chancellor

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