Quotes About Capability

He who wants to do more than he is able must admit defeat or retire.

To think that the wise are not capable of folly is not wise.

I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don't think I'm capable of that.

I do what I can do when I can do it.

False modesty is as bad as false pride. Know exactly what you are capable of at any moment, and act accordingly. Any other path is folly—and could be deadly in battle.

My da used to say it's good to test your limits now and then, learn what the body is capable of, what you can endure.

A woman with a mind is fit for any task.

I'm quite capable of walking," she pointed out. It is faster this way. Your legs are short." They are not!

Habíamos perdido nuestras capacidades físicas y morales de imaginar la libertad.

I've always said that you were too smart to have a profession. Smart people are hopeless in the face of anything actual. They are terrible cooks. They cannot dress themselves. They are children who need guidance and protecting.

The story of a love is not important. What is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks.

I know how to do this, I thought. I am good, at least, at this. I know all the steps to this dance

Being powerful is so much more interesting than being beautiful.

It's only when we can work with something that brings out our strengths that we're of any real use.

We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for others is genius.

Women were freed from positive duties when they could not perform them, but not when they could.

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.

The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.

There is no man living who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.

Abbiamo bisogno di persone brave, non solo di brave persone.

That is very much like asking: "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.

You can get away with a lot of shit if it looks like it`s all you know how to do.