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Quotes About Potential

Thou art fertile ground, and I will plant a garden in thee.
~ Orson Scott Card
Or in other words, science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be.
~ Orson Scott Card
There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted.
~ Oscar Wilde
One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.
~ Oscar Wilde
Nothing should be out of the reach of hope. Life is a hope.
~ Oscar Wilde
Youth is the only thing worth having.
~ Oscar Wilde
He's such an extraordinarily brilliant person that it would be terrible if he let himself do nothing in the end.
~ Compton Mackenzie
A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?
~ Confucius
Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.
~ Confucius
A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present? If he reach the age of forty or fifty, and has not made himself heard of, then indeed he will not be worth being regarded with respect.
~ Confucius
Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.
~ Confucius
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
~ Confucius
1. Optimize potential. 2. Facilitate empowerment. 3. Implement visioning. 4. Strategize priorities. 5. Augment core structures.
~ Connie Willis
the fate of the unaffirmed person gives us all the clues as to what this person can do and be in order to become more receptive to
~ Conrad W. Baars
You could be the ugliest, nastiest most miserable piece of shit known to man, but if you had a beating heart there was always a chance you'd turn into a diamond after a million years.
~ Conrad Williams
I think people regret what they didnt do more than what they did. I think everbody has things they failed to do. You cant see what is coming, Bobby. And if you could it is no guarantee you'd make the right choice even then.
~ Cormac McCarthy
Where there's life, there's hope. Living people can change things, dead people cannot.
~ Cory Doctorow
Tomorrow. There was something hopeful, even about the word.
~ Cressida Cowell
ALL children are spectacularly gifted and learning should be for everyone!
~ Cressida Cowell
His ambitions exceed his talent.
~ Curtis Sittenfeld
And how heartbreaking, because if it were all just a few degrees different, she is pretty sure they could be quite happy together.
~ Curtis Sittenfeld
I could never do what you did, they said, to which Fredle responded, You'd be surprised at what you can do, if you need to, if you have to, if you really want to.
~ Cynthia Voigt
Orien might easily have been a different kind of man, living as he had, Birle thought.
~ Cynthia Voigt
Youth is a period of missed opportunities.
~ Cyril Connolly