Quotes About Potential

There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn

or incompleteness, either in the physical or in the emotional personality of a man, he is not capable of invoking and directing thereafter the efficient play of his emotional and intellectual abilities.

You cannot plant greatness as you plant yams or maize. Who ever planted an iroko tree--the greatest tree in the forest? You may collect all the iroko seeds in the world, open the soil and put them there. It will be in vain. The great tree chooses where to grow and we find it there, so it is with the greatness in men.

What kind of power was it if it would never be used?

We want what we might call a destination postcard—a vivid picture from the near-term future that shows what could be possible. That

Life is full of "form letter in an envelope" moments, waiting to be transformed into something special.

Stay alert to the promise that moments hold.

the growth mindset can be taught and that it can change lives.

Mindset, by Carol Dweck

Transcendence: help others realize their potential • Self-actualization: realize our own potential, self-fulfillment, peak experiences • Aesthetic: symmetry, order, beauty, balance • Learning: know, understand, mentally connect • Esteem: achieve, be competent, gain approval, independence, status • Belonging: love, family, friends, affection

Top management challenged employees to be on the lookout for potential innovations—

Stay alert to the promise that moments hold. These moments do not need to be "produced.

Solutions-focused therapists use a common set of techniques for discovering potential solutions.

Deep inside every customer is a treasure trove of half-baked ideas, creative capacity, and ingenuity-in-the-raw.

Talent is not universal but it is widely spread: Give enough people the capacity to create, and inevitably gems will emerge.

Never underestimate the power of a million amateurs with keys to the factory.

Diamonds can be found anywhere.

a genuine, loving relationship with lasting potential will reveal itself in the ordinary moments of daily living.

Remember that person you wanted to be? There's still time.

I always imagined I could be what I wanted to be.

The world is your oyster. It's up to you to find the pearls.

Then again, what seems like nothing in the eyes of the world, when properly valued and put to use, can be among the greatest riches.

Who knows, Walter? Maybe I can.

All children are born geniuses. The hard part is staying one once you grow up.