Quotes About Capability

Nadie puede interponerse entre tú y el conocimiento, si eres apto para éste.

Eres lo suficientemente ignorante para esperar equitación de un herrero?

Your magic talisman is powerful: but are you a Solomon to make it work?

Human beings do not realise the extent to which their own sense of defeat prevents them from doing things they could do perfectly well.

Je suis capable du meilleur et du pire. Mais, dans le pire, c'est moi le meilleur !

The most foolish is he who underestimates another's abilities.

[Of Servius Galba:] He seemed more important than a private citizen while he was a private citizen, and in the opinion of all he was capable of rule—if he had not ruled.

He had talents equal to business, and aspired no higher.

Never underestimate the power of a simple tool.

They say a man can change his personality—the basic essence of who or what he is—by five percent. Five percent: the total change any one of us is capable of.

I will do today what I can do to enable me to do tomorrow what I can't do today.

Rather, we are who God says we are: his children. We are forgivable. We are changeable. We are capable. We are moldable. And we are bound by the limitless love of God.

I thought that having someone to love, having someone love me back, made me a stronger person. But it was the opposite. It made me weaker because it led me to believe that I couldn't survive without those things. And I spent so long afraid of being alone that I never did anything for myself. I never did anything with myself, which made it all the easier to believe I wasn't capable.

Apposite here is a saying attributed to Einstein: "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

Dr. Samuel Johnson discounted that notion: "Sir, a woman's composing is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well, but you are surprised to find it done at all.

Sometime in the future - 25 50, 75 years hence - what will the situation be like then? By that time the Chinese will have the capability of delivery too.

You're tall enough when you can reach the lightswitch.

I feel creatively vibrant. I have some great friends; I feel like I'm capable of giving a lot to the world. And ultimately, that's what I really care about, is just giving.

I pity anyone who makes the mistake of underestimating you, Dr. Gibson." "My lady, the sentiment is returned in full.

he doesn't prefer your kind. There are men with certain appetites that can be fulfilled only by very skilled women, and you...' She paused and viewed Madeline critically. 'Something tells me that your repertoire is extremely limited.' 'I don't even have a repertoire,' Madeline said gloomily.

As Tom followed her through the clothing department, he had to admit Cassandra knew what she was doing. She went briskly past counters and shelves, addressed store clerks by name, and located what she wanted without hesitation. "You shop very efficiently," he said begrudgingly. "Practice," came her airy reply.

I pour the pain into ink and write and write and write. The words paint pictures and I live Mr. Bass Carter's life through lines and pen. This, I know now, is story at its highest capability. It agitates us to genuine joy and tears. Within story, we are given a new soul, another's soul to try on like clothing, knowing we can shed it again should we choose.

To deny we need and want power is to deny that we hope to be effective.

We are born with faculties and powers capable almost of anything, such at least as would carry us farther than can easily be imagined: but it is only the exercise of those powers, which gives us ability and skill in any thing, and leads us towards perfection.