Quotes About Potential

God can use the jawbone of an ass!

The Pessimist Sees Difficulty In Every Opportunity. The Optimist Sees Opportunity In Every Difficulty.

Here was a place where real things were going on. Here was a scene of vital action. Here was a place where anything might happen. Here was a place where something would certainly happen.

To all of us comes that moment in life when we are literally tapped on the shoulder to do a very special thing unique to ourselves and our talents. What a pity if that moment finds us unprepared.

Marnie, I won't say, Make him happy, but I will say, Be happy yourself. I think you're capable of much more than you think

He had planned so much for Julia, had watched her grow from a scarcely separable entity, seen her nature unfold, the very beginning of traits and characteristics make their quaint showing. It was hardly believable that they would never develop, that all that potential sweetness should dry up at its fount and turn to dust. Hardly believable and hardly bearable.

There comes a precious moment in all of our lives when we are tapped on the shoulder and offered the opportunity to do something very special that is unique to us and our abilities, what a tragedy it would be if we are not ready or willing.

Continuous effort--not strength or intelligence--is the key to unlocking our potential.

In every age there comes a time when a leader must come forward to meet the needs of the hour. Therefore, there is no potential leader who does not have the opportunity to make a positive difference in society.

We live in a world of 'ifs.' 'What happened,' is singular; 'what might have happened,' legion.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty

Girls can do anything these days.

This is where we start. Let it be blank. Blank is different from nothing.

The only thing standing between me and greatness is me.

I was able to liberate Soon-Yi from a terrible situation and provide her with an opportunity to flower and realize her potential, and she would never have to eat a bar of soap or long for a hug or get hit with a phone again.

Los tímidos somos capaces de cualquier cosa

Why, at any rate, should he think me capable of great conquests, given my limited experience in the field? Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.

If we can dream it, we can do it.

We've got a motto here-you're tougher than you think you are, and you can do more than you think you can.

Everyone is built for running.

Beyond the very extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own; sources of strength never taxed at all because we never push through the obstruction." As

If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you. —Gnostic Gospel of St. Thomas

Just because men and women of our era don't live up to the myths doesn't mean no one ever has, or ever will again.

in another era the same behavior that is now throttled with Ritalin and disciplinary rap sheets would have been the mark of greatness, the early blooming of a true champion.