Quotes About Potential

I can't stand what people do to each other. I think we're brilliant as a species. I think we are amazing. I think that God is incredible, that He just gave us everything. Everything in our face. Everything for us to use. And sometimes we're such shitheads. And it makes me crazy.

Maybe is not a theory, you know, it is merely maybe.

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

el mundo me parecía un lugar de posibilidades, de oportunidades; al igual que él, consideraba el destino no una fuerza fija sino maleable.

Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can't afford to throw any young people away.

There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren't getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society.

Life is too short to be little.

Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.

Opportunity is the great bawd.

Hide not your talents, they for use were made, What's a sundial in the shade?

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Great hopes make everything great possible.

He said I appeared a young man of promising parts, and therefore should be encouraged;

In the story of Ugly Duckling, when did the Ugly Duckling stop feeling Ugly? When he realized that he was a Swan. Each of us has something Special, a swan of some sort, hidden inside somewhere. But until we recognize that it's there, what can we do but splash around, treading water? The Wise are Who They Are. They work with what they've got and do what they can do.

The wise are who they are. They work with what they've got and do what they can do.

In the story of the Ugly Duckling, when did the Ugly Duckling stop feeling Ugly? When he realized he was a Swan. Each of us has something Special, a Swan of some sort, hidden inside somewhere. But until we recognize that it's there, what can we do but splash around, treading water?

A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly.

You know what your problem is? You're so convinced you're bad, it gets in the way of being good.

In the measurement world, you set a goal and strive for it. In the universe of possibility, you set the context and let life unfold.

Though involvement in music and the arts can't cure all the ills of society, I do believe that the inspiration they provide has the potential to help us reflect, at times, on the better angels of our natures.

Creating time to reflect on your life could be the key to reaching your greatest potential.

You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.

Not to sound too Pollyanna-ish, but I think most people are decent, caring human beings. You don't necessarily see that reflected in fiction maybe, because possibly it's perceived as not having much dramatic potential.

We can become anyone we want to become. It takes focusing on the aspect of ourselves we want to change and reflecting on the beliefs that cause us to act in ways that are counter to the change we seek.