Quotes About Potential

We do not know until the shell breaks what kind of egg we have been sitting on.

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.

Anything is possible, but many things are highly unlikely. Only those who will risk going to far can possibly find out how far one can go.

It's abilities, not the disabilities, that count. —Peter Drucker

We are free -- to become agents of whatever power we wish.

That's the hardest thing to cope with when a young person dies—especially when they've been murdered. The unfulfilled dreams, the unrealized potential. The people close to them—family, friends—thought they had so much time to make up for mistakes, plenty of time down the road to tell that person they loved them. Suddenly that time is gone.

Girl, boy or dancing bear, you're the finest page-the finest squire-to-be-at court. (Jon to Alanna)

We are what we're made to be.

You don't know what you can do till you're tested.

Seldom had a potential murderess been so reverenced and pitied by his victim.

Belief is not a required component of ability.

Neuroanatomy isn't destiny. Neither is genetics. They don't define who you will be. But they do define who you might be. They define who you can be.

The younger the subject, the earlier the possibility of intervention. The earlier the intervention, the greater the potential effect on the trajectory of an autistic person's life.

There is often too much emphasis in the world of autism on the deficits of these children and not enough emphasis on developing the special talents that many of them possess.

Parents and teachers should look at the child, not the child's label, and remember that the same genes that produce his Asperger's may have given the child the capacity to become one of the truly great minds of his generation.

we generally focus more on what they can't do, and tend to overlook the positive traits many of these individuals possess.

It's not really helpful to diagnose a teenager with autism, because we already know it." The younger the subject, the earlier the possibility of intervention. The earlier the intervention, the greater the potential effect on the trajectory of an autistic person's life.

I used to fear that embracing that identity [woman] would be tantamount to cramming myself into some predetermined box. Restricting my possibilities and potential. But now I realize that no matter who I act or what I do or say, I remain a woman-both in the eyes of the world and, more importantly, in the way that I experience myself. While I used to view the "woman" as limiting, I now find it both empowering and limitless.

I couldn't help but to think back to my classmates at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio. They had the same talent, the same brains, the same dreams as the folks we sat with at Stanford and Harvard. I realized the difference wasn't one of intelligence or drive. The difference was opportunity.

When young and clever men are angry, they either explode or achieve great things.

because the results couldn't be guaranteed by the available

Don't give up hope. You never know what brilliant accomplishments might be in your future.

But women grow the living dreams, the human ones." Gorbals argues. "A human being is the greatest creation of all. Each of us is a new living dream.

Never let your past limit your future.