Possibility Quotes

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Every man believes that he has greater possibilities. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something. — Chauncey Depew
There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature - the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful; for not only… — Samuel Johnson
Popular revolt against a ruthless, experienced modern dictatorship, which enjoys a monopoly over weapons and communications, ... is simply not a possibility in the modern… — George F. Kennan
I for sure believe in miracles. For me, a miracle is seeing the world with light in your eyes. It's knowing there's always hope and… — Oprah Winfrey
The purpose of life for man is growth, just as the purpose of life for trees and plants is growth. Trees and plants grow automatically… — Wallace D. Wattles
The only service that you can render God is to give expression to what he is trying to give to the world, through you. The… — Wallace D. Wattles
Men love liberty because it protects them from control and humiliation by others, thus affording them the possibility of dignity; they loathe liberty because it… — Thomas Szasz
The big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming. You cannot believe what it does to the human spirit to… — Jim Rohn
Successful people engage that creative part of their minds and ask, "Well, I wonder how else I can look at this problem? I wonder how… — Jim Rohn
We have already considered with disfavour the possibility of the universe having been planned by a biologist or an engineer; from the intrinsic evidence of… — James Jeans
Philosophy stands in need of a science which shall determine the possibility, principles, and extent of human knowledge Ã priori. — Immanuel Kant
Amidst the vicissitudes of the earth's surface, species cannot be immortal, but must perish, one after another, like the individuals which compose them. There is… — Charles Lyell
Science has succeeded to poetry, no less in the little walks of children than with men. Is there no possibility of averting this sore evil? — Charles Lamb
There is a point of view among astronomical researchers that is generally referred to as the Principle of Mediocrity. ... If the Sun and its… — Seth Shostak
I therefore took this opportunity and also began to consider the possibility that the Earth moved. Although it seemed an absurd opinion, nevertheless, because I… — Nicolaus Copernicus
There are infinite possibilities of error, and more cranks take up fashionable untruths than unfashionable truths. — Bertrand Russell
The office of science is not to record possibilities; but to ascertain what nature does ... As far as Darwinism deals with mere arguments of… — Louis Agassiz
We have been forced to admit for the first time in history not only the possibility of the fact of the growth and decay of… — Robert Andrews Millikan

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