Quotes About Potential

The reason some people use their genetic gift for running and others don't is because the brain is a bargain shopper.

Los griegos creían que cualquier persona podía desbloquear un potencial sobrehumano activando los tres pilares del heroísmo: la habilidad, la fuerza y la compasión. Y tenían razón. Se puede.

you're tougher than you think you are, and you can do more than you think you can.

that's okay; humans are terrific

Sabes por qué podía hacerlo? Porque nunca nadie le había dicho que no podía. Nunca nadie le había dicho que debía estar muriéndose en algún asilo de ancianos. Uno vive según sus propias expectativas, amigo. Como

Ultra god Scott Jurek summed up the Young Guns' unofficial creed with a quote from William James he stuck on the end of every e-mail he sent: "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

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.

Theodore, you have the mind but not the body," his father said. "And without the help of the body the mind cannot go as far as it should. You have to make your body.

I just don't think I'm built for running fifty miles," I said. "Everyone is built for running," he said.

It ain't easy to break out of a mold, but if you do your work, people will ultimately see what you're capable of. Too often, people find it easier to make assumptions and stick with what they believe. They put you in a place and it makes their job easier. The good people constantly search for something different.

A bud is a flower-to-be. A flower in waiting. Waiting for just the right warmth and care to open up. It's a little fist of love waiting to unfold and be seen by the world. And that's you.

Once you choose hope, anything's possible.

We all have many more abilities and internal resources than we know. My advice is that you don't need to break your neck to find out about them.

When you are young, your potential is infinite. You might do anything, really. You might be Einstein. You might be DiMaggio. Then you get to an age where what you might be gives way to what you have been. You weren't Einstein. You weren't anything. That's a bad moment.

What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning.

Here in your mind you have complete privacy. Here there's no difference between what is and what could be.

You could have been the light of your world. But you never found your switch.

There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.

His father always treated him as if he were capable of great things. Which made him want to accomplish great things.

We're all dangerous in our own way, I guess.

I took three years off. I differentiated myself from the industry. Found my identity - sort of... I haven't graduated yet. I'm not legitimately educated yet, but maybe one day.

Knowledge will bring you the opportunity to make a difference.

Also, I think shutting down discussions in the way that's suggested here is actually potentially more dangerous. Someone who's really interested will just look on the internet. It's like porn. The stuff you stumble across is much worse.

I am in a spot where I can neither be what I always am nor turn into what I could be.