Possibility Quotes

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The person who sees the difficulties so clearly that he does not discern the possibilities cannot inspire a vision in others. — J. Oswald Sanders
We end up stumbling our way through the forest, never seeing all the unexpected and wonderful possibilities and potentials because we're looking for the idea… — Charles de Lint
Newton's Third Law of Conversation, if it existed, would hold that every statement implies an equal and opposite statement. To say that I'd turned the… — Hugh Laurie
The Bible is not interested in arguing, because if you state a thesis of belief you have already stated it's opposite; if you say, I… — Northrop Frye
Religious faith is the one species of human ignorance that will not admit of even the possibility of correction. — Sam Harris
There are just lots of possibilities in the world...I need to keep my mind open for what could happen and not decide that the world… — Rachel Cohn
For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense. — C.S. Lewis
Most dreams die a slow death. They're conceived in a moment of passion, with the prospect of endless possibility, but often languish and are not… — Dean Karnazes
As the possibility of a relationship had faded, Emma had endeavored to harden herself to Dexter's indifference and these days a remark like this caused… — David Nicholls
Most people's intuitions are drowned out by folk sayings. We have a moment of real feeling or insight, and then we come up with a… — Anne Lamott
It's the possibility that keeps me going, not the guarantee. — Nicholas Sparks
I was much more upset by the situation with Jacob than by the possibility of being eaten by a bear. — Stephenie Meyer
Being afraid something is true is accepting the possibility. Accepting the possibility is the first step to believing. — Terry Goodkind
Yes, Harry, blessed as I am with extraordinary brainpower, I understood everything you told me. I think you might even consider the possibility that I… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Even as a child, she had preferred night to day, had enjoyed sitting out in the yard after sunset, under the star-speckled sky listening to… — Dean Koontz
the shell must break before the bird can fly. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Saying that, he was suddenly himself again, despite his lunatic hair and eyes: a man whose personal dignity went so deep as to be nearly… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Possibilities ...in the closet ...itching ...to break out ...but afraid of ...the fallout — Ellen Hopkins
Life has taught me that to fly, you must first accept the possibility of falling. — Richard Paul Evans
Remembrance restores possibility to the past, making what happened incomplete and completing what never was. Remembrance is neither what happened nor what did not happen… — Giorgio Agamben

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