Quotes About Potential

They say the seeds of what we will do are in all of us, but it always seemed to me that in those who make jokes in life the seeds are covered with better soil and with a higher grade of manure.

What matters is not the length of the wand, but the magic in the stick.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you too may one day be president of the United States.

The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.

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

Women are like stars, there are millions of them out there, but only one can make your dreams come true.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

Women make up only 25 percent of the science, engineering and technology workforce... We are delighted to be working with NASA Ames to give Silicon Valley area girls a chance to explore and develop their potential in science at an age when many begin to drift away from their natural interest.

Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia.

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.

All women are born evil. Some just realize their potential later in life than others.

I think the key is for women not to set any limits.

Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!

Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation.

Everything we desire is already within us. Love, happiness, peace and abundance. Harnessing these powers means we sow the seeds for real change.

Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. ~Richard Bach

Tomorrow belongs

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." W. H. Murray, The Scottish Himalayan Expedition, 1951

I hope that Facebook and other Internet technologies were able to help people, just like we hope that we help them communicate and organize and do whatever they want to every single day, but I don't pretend that if Facebook didn't exist, that this wouldn't even be possible. Of course, it would have.

You've got the makings of a first-class dwarf!

Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.

Without God at the core of your being, you will always fall short of your full potential.