Our Powers Quotes

53 quotes by 48 authors

...our intellectual powers are rather geared to master static relations and that our powers to visualize processes evolving in time are relatively poorly developed. For… — Edsger Dijkstra
A time will come when the science of destruction shall bend before the arts of peace; when the genius which multiplies our powers, which creates… — Francois Arago
People love to talk but hate to listen. Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means… — Alice Duer Miller
Should we feel at times disheartened and discouraged, a simple movement of heart toward God will renew our powers. Whatever he may demand of us,… — Francois Fenelon
The human brain represents the infinity opportunity our powers are endless if we understand, harness, and empower ourselves to look inside and educate ourselves on… — Ilchi Lee
There are many things akin to highest deity that are still obscure. Some may be too subtle for our powers of comprehension, others imperceptible to… — Seneca the Younger
The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is… — William Wordsworth
Sometimes we are devils to ourselves When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, Presuming on their changeful potency. — William Shakespeare
The spiritual rest, which God particularly intends in this Commandment, is this: that we not only cease from our labor and trade, but much more,… — Martin Luther
Our moral imperative is to work with all our powers for that day when the children of the world grow up without the fear of… — Ronald Reagan
Open wide the windows of our spirits and fill us full of light; open wide the door of our hearts, that we may receive and… — Christina Rossetti
Joy is everywhere; it is in the earth's green covering of grass: in the blue serenity of the sky: in the reckless exuberance of spring:… — Rabindranath Tagore
Seeing artistically does not happen automatically. We must constantly develop our powers of observation. — Eugene Delacroix
Consciousness of our powers augments them. — Luc de Clapiers
If we have received a precious gift from God, it is our imagination. When we tap into our powers of imagination, we are bombs of… — Hiroko Sakai
Such happiness as life is capable of comes from the full participation of all our powers in the endeavor to wrest from each changing situations… — John Dewey
It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a… — Helen Keller
Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers. — Mignon McLaughlin
It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are… — George Bernard Shaw
The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is… — William Wordsworth

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