Capable Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

No being can be what he is unless he is putting his essence into action in his field.

— Arnold J. Toynbee

Nobody can decide for himself whether he is going to be a human being. The only question open to him is whether he will…

— Anonymous

Only as one is willing to give up his present limitations and identity can he become that which he desires to be.

— Neville Goddard

Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.

— Mencius

There is no man who is not, at each moment, what he has been and what he will be.

— Oscar Wilde

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast…

— Aristotle

The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it.

— Jean Racine

Surely every one realizes, at some point along the way, that he is capable of living a far better life than the one he…

— Henry Miller

Each of us really understands in others only those feelings he is capable of producing himself.

— Andre Gide

Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities is man a part of nature.

— Edward Thorndike

Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.

— Mencius