Quotes About Capability

Instead of opening ourselves to the virtually unlimited potential and flexibility of which human beings are capable, we concentrate our energies on trying to live up to an ideal.

You can handle anything anybody throws at you

I mean, I could

In times of revolution there is not a man who does not feel himself capable of anything.He seizes the moment. He starts with a great vigour, but how often are his actions foolhardy or ill-considered...and how often are they unscrupulous ?

Competence can be a curse

Lots of stupid people were skinny, and yet I couldn't do this incredibly simple thing they could do with seeming ease.

If you can't handle providing all the courses for your dinner party, you can't handle the hosting duties of a dinner party.

Choose a man on account of his skills.

A writer's place in a nation's literary history cannot be judged by whether or not he is capable of writing a book as heavy as a brick. That must rest on his contributions to the development and enrichment of that nation's language.

Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

It is the effectiveness of that power that is lagging, not its potential.

nadie tiene el poder suficiente para hacer lo que se sabe que hay que hacer.

Most men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.

It's not bragging if you can back it up.

Depending on what you believe in life, you are capable of achieving anything without changing your body somehow.

How can you expect a statue to offer you food, if it cannot even save itself from the rain and cold?

Your ability is ready to be put in practice.

Because I can.

The transition will not be easy, ended the decree, and it will not be without cost. But we are not cowards to hide from the powers that define us. We are Psy and we are capable of greatness. It is time to step out of the dark.

Taking out her gun, she turned to Monique. "You have any offensive capabilities? Know how to fire a weapon?" "My face and my body are my weapons, Guild Hunter." A hint of that upper-class sneer entered her tone. "Sex is about as physical as I get." "Bully for you." She slammed a fist on the garage door. "Hurry, Janvier!

I hope I'll never get ambitious enough to try anything. It's so much nicer to be damned sure I could do it better than other people - and I might not could if I tried...

It doesn't matter that she shouldn't, that she never would. What matters is that she could, if she wanted. The power to hurt is a kind of wealth.

doesn't matter that she shouldn't, that she never would. What matters is that she could, if she wanted. The power to hurt is a kind of wealth.

Pourquoi ont-ils fait ça, [...] ?" Et l'autre répond : "Parce qu'ils le pouvaient." Et c'est la seule réponse qui sera jamais.