Capability Quotes - Page 26

• ... what is really inspiriting and ennobling in the doctrine of freewill, is the conviction that we have real power over the formation of our own character; that our will, by influencing some of our circumstances, can modify our future habits or capabilities of willing.

  John Stuart Mill

  Real, Character, Doctrine

  John Stuart Mill (2015). “Autobiography John Stuart Mill: Top Biography”, p.77, 谷月社

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• In 1891, during the Presidency of William Henry Harrison [Benjamin Harrison], electric lights were first installed in the White House, the residence of the leaders of our country. At that time, commercial electricity was not economically feasible, but President Harrison wanted to affirm his confidence in the technological capability of our country.

  Jimmy Carter

  Country, Technology, White

  United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter), Jimmy Carter (1979). “Jimmy Carter”

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• We are born to action and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first.

  Charles Horton Cooley

  Acting, Firsts, Action

  Charles Horton Cooley (1922). “Human Nature and the Social Order”

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• The greatest tragedy in life is not death; the greatest tragedy takes place when our talents and capabilities are underutilized and allowed to rust while we are living.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Crazy, Tragedy, Rust

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• How often in life we complete a task that was beyond the capability of the person we were when we started it.

  Robert Breault

  Confidence, Tasks, Persons

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• It seems Kim Jong Un firmly believes that developing nuclear missile capabilities will provide security and guarantee his regime. We must make it clear that it is not nuclear and missile programs that will protect Kim Jong Un and his regime. The goal of the international sanctions and pressure is to make it unbearable for Kim Jong Un if he does not accept this fact. On the other hand, we are continuously trying to send a message that giving up its nuclear program and coming to the negotiating table is the right path for North Korea to protect itself and achieve its development.

  Moon Jae-in

  Giving Up, Believe, Goal

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• We all have to expand our capabilities to encompass the changing world, its growing diversity and, indeed, its complexity.

  Lachlan Murdoch

  Change, Diversity, Growing

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• The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.

  Geoff Gaberino

  Motivational, Success, Real

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• True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Life, Courage, Memorial Day

  "Maxims". Book by Francois de La Rochefoucauld, 1665.

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• Second-generation Hispanics marry non-Hispanics at a higher rate than second-generation Irish or Italians. Second-generation Hispanics' English language capability rates are higher than previous immigrant groups'.

  Jeb Bush

  Groups, Generations, Language

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• I often think about the many remarkable things that my personal computer can do which I never ask it to do. I probably use a small fraction of its capabilities. I often wonder if the same dynamic occurs with our capacity for creativity.

  Geoffrey S. Fletcher

  Creativity, Thinking, Use

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• NATO member states vary dramatically in their capability and in their political steadfastness.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Political, States, Members

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I find man utterly unaware of what his wealth is or his fundamental capability is. He says time and again, "We can't afford it." For instance, we are saying now that we can't afford to do anything about pollution but after the costs of not doing something about pollution have multiplied many fold beyond what it would cost to correct it now, we will spend many fold what it would cost us now to correct it.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Men, Cost, Wealth

  R. Buckminster Fuller “World Game Series: Document 1”, Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller

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• Judge your enemy based upon capabilities, not intent, you have to look at the enemy and really almost make a worst case call every time.

  Norman Schwarzkopf

  Judging, Enemy, Looks

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• The 20-G Centrifuge is our largest facility certified for use by humans. Its capabilities make it a unique NASA resource and a very versatile research tool that is ideal for developing health-maintenance activities for astronauts.

  Jeff Smith

  Unique, Tools, Maintenance

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• Every perversion has survived many tests of its capabilities.

  Mason Cooley

  Tests, Perversion, Survived

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• Armenia categorically rejects the resumption of military hostilities in Nagorno Karabakh as an option. In case Azerbaijan resorts to military aggression, Armenia will have no other choice but to recognize the Nagorno Karabakh Republic de jure and to employ all its capabilities to ensure the security of the people of Artsakh.

  Serzh Sargsyan

  Military, Azerbaijan, People

  Remarks by The President of the Republic of Armenia H.E. Serzh Sargsyan at the OSCE Meeting of the Heads of State or Government (Summit), www.president.am. December 02, 2010.

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• As no one knew much about my mental illness, a lot of people had the attitude that I had the capability to 'kick it' and get better instantly. This was the most frustrating attitude for me.

  Andy Behrman

  Attitude, People, Get Better

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• One growing threat to the stability of the U.S. economy, and therefore to its capability to continue to direct the global order, paradoxically emerges from its success in establishing capitalism around the world.

  Herbert Schiller

  Order, World, Growing

  "Living In The Number One Country". Book by Herbert Schiller, 2000.

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• It's too bad, but the way American people are, now that they have all this capability, instead of taking advantage of it, they'll probably just piss it all away.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  People, Way, Apollo

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• With the marketplace urging parents to buy all manner of things to make their babies ‘smart,’ Gallagher’s book offers parents a view based in science on how much babies really know and figure out on their own.  Parents will have fun with this book and gain new respect and awe for their babies’ amazing capabilities.

  Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

  Baby, Fun, Smart

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• I'd like to believe that achieving a leadership position is all about competency, capability and ambition, so I try not to distinguish between the sexes when it comes to giving career advice.

  Heather Bresch

  Sex, Believe, Ambition

  "West Virginia's Leading Lady: A Q&A with Heather Bresch". Interview with Jennifer Jett, www.wvexecutive.com. February 25, 2014.

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• We have to have better intelligence. We have to have better interdiction capabilities. And so the issue is not how much we spend or how hard we try; the issue is are we doing it the right way? Are we being smart about it?

  Barack Obama

  Smart, Issues, Trying

  Source: www.npr.org

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• When the business grows, the person who founded it is incredibly busy. Rapid growth puts an enormous strain on a business. You outgrow your production facilities. You outgrow your management capabilities.

  Peter Drucker

  Growth, Management, Busy

  Peter Drucker (2012). “Managing in the Next Society”, p.70, Routledge

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• Before I became President, in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, there had been fairly dramatic, and I think excessive, reductions in the capability of our military forces, and as a former military man myself - I was a professional naval officer, a submarine officer - I thought it was better, on a step-by-step, very carefully planned way, to increase the technical, or technological, capability of our weapons systems.

  Jimmy Carter

  Military, War, Men

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