Quotes About Capabilities

It has been my observation that the happiest of people, the vibrant doers of the world, are almost always those who are using - who are putting into play, calling upon, depending upon-the greatest number of their God-given talents and capabilities.

When the Internet came along, at first it was just a medium for moving text around - books first, then pictures, finally video. Each time the bandwidth expanded, so did the capabilities of the medium, and each time it happened, the Internet cannibalized preexisting formats. And each time, those formats had to adapt. Or die.

NASA should not be developing its own proprietary version of capabilities it could purchase commercially at much lower cost, especially when we know the agency's bureaucratic tendencies will be to view the commercial versions as competitors to kill.

Most of us are called on to perform tasks far beyond what we can do. Our capabilities seldom match our aspirations, and we are often woefully unprepared. To this extent, we are all Assistant Pig-Keepers at heart.

There is hardly anybody good for everything, and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing.

If we get the capabilities, NATO, along with the European Union, can do amazing things.

Each creature had something it excelled at, he supposed. Humans could manage knots easily, and cats could do everything else.

Let's sum up: an unknown number of enemies with unknown capabilities, supported by a gang of madmen, packs of attack animals, and superhumanly intelligent pocket change.

God has hidden in each and every one of us so many abilities, gifts and resources that could only be activated by work.

Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.

It is not only by one's impulses that one achieves greatness, but also by patiently filing away the steel wall that separates what one feels from what one is capable of doing.

Partnering, however, provides a way for companies to secure needed capabilities fast and effectively while dropping their cost structure. It allows a company to leverage other companies' expertise and economies of scale. Partnering includes closing gaps in capabilities through making small acquisitions when doing so is faster and cheaper, providing access to needed expertise that has already been mastered.

Most of all though, Japan must not build up its military capabilities. It must, therefore, curtail large portions of its own industry, pay the United States to protect it, and hope against hope that its sea lanes will forever remain open and unthreatened.

we accept the obvious. In addition to our intellectual capabilities, we possess psychic attributes whose major apparent functions extend our self-preserving capabilities overall. Yet (and here is my complaint again), our culture has elected to trust only in intellect and its admittedly

to note that our educational systems actually teach us to confuse our intellects and our direct-sensing operative abilities as to their priority. Both are important, of course. But we tend to place our intellectual processes above our direct-sensory capabilities, so much so in some instances that many people have lost real touch with their direct-sensory operative functions. The result of

All Christians are called to develop God-given talents, to make the most of their lives, and to develop to the fullest their God-given gifts and capabilities. But Jesus taught that ambition that centers on the self is wrong.

Wars happen because states are uncertain about each others' intentions and capabilities, and because states cannot sign binding agreements by which they agree not to attack each other.

Personal confidence comes from making progress toward goals that are far bigger than your present capabilities.

One source of frustration in the workplace is the frequent mismatch between what people must do and what people can do. When what they must do exceeds their capabilities, the result is anxiety. When what they must do falls short of their capabilities, the result is boredom. (Indeed, Csikszentmihalyi titled his first book on autotelic experiences Beyond Boredom and Anxiety.)

I hope to be viewed and judged first and foremost by my accomplishments and capabilities as a leader - regardless of my gender.

From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide almost the same power to the programmer.

At night, when the objective world has slunk back into its cavern and left dreamers to their own, there come inspirations and capabilities impossible at any less magical and quiet hour.

La vida es como una bicicleta de diez velocidades. La mayoría de nosotros tenemos mecanismos que nunca usamos".

You can't do everything, so focus on your strengths.