Capable Quotes

• We are all capable of infinitely more than we believe. We are stronger and more resourceful than we know, and we can endure much more than we think we can.

  David Blaine

  Believe, Thinking, Stronger

  "Illusionist plans 44 days in suspension" by Matt Wells, www.theguardian.com. August 19, 2003.

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• Story has a mind of its own and tells things sometimes it might have preferred us not to know. Stories operate like dreams; both veil what is to be uncovered, neither is capable of the coverup.

  Lore Segal

  Dream, Mind, Sometimes

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• We are all capable of living lives characterized by great joy. Within each of us is an amazing human spirit that is strong enough to overcome pain and disappointment. And no matter what our current situation happens to be, or what beliefs we may currently harbor about ourselves, we can tap into that inner strength and wisdom and move forward to create more joy.

  Salle Merrill Redfield

  Strong, Pain, Disappointment

  Salle Merrill Redfield (2009). “Creating a Life of Joy: A Meditative Guide”, p.8, Hachette UK

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• Everyday there are people in our world that do absolutely amazing things. People of all ages are very capable of doing tremendous, courageous things in spite of their fear.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Our World, People, Everyday

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• Love is not sexual intercourse. Love is not vital attraction and interchange. Love is not the heart’s hunger for affection. Love is a mighty vibration coming straight from the One. And only the very pure and very strong are capable of receiving and manifesting it.

  Mirra Alfassa

  Strong, Heart, Love Is

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• None of us can know what we are capable of until we are tested.

  Elizabeth Blackwell

  Knows, Tested

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• If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Motivating Humans : Goals, Emotions, and Personal Agency Beliefs". Book by Martin E. Ford, 1992.

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  Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.

  E. O. Wilson

  Hard Times, Goal, Giving

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• You are capable of more than you ever thought.

  Richard Machowicz

  Aim High, Behave, Persist

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  Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love, Friendship, Change

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.50, Beacon Press

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• Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable.

  Zig Ziglar

  Life, Motivational, Cute

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Jun 18, 2014

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• The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Love, Letting Go, Meaningful

  Barbara De Angelis (2009). “Are You the One for Me?: Knowing Who's Right and Avoiding Who's Wrong”, p.246, Dell

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• There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

  Nelson Mandela

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• 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.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Motivational, Positive, Strength

  Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “The Essential Gandhi: His Life, Work, and Ideas : an Anthology”, Vintage

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• To be who you are and become what you are capable of is the only goal worth living.

  Alvin Ailey

  Inspirational, Life, Being Yourself

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• Sometimes you think that you need to be perfect, that you cannot make mistakes ... realize you are a human being - like everyone else capable of reaching great potential but not capable of being perfect.

  Susan Polis Schutz

  Mistake, Thinking, Perfect

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• It's not too late at all. You just don't yet know what you are capable of.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Too Late, Enviromental

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• We're all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose.

  Octavia Butler

  Confidence, Climbing, Permit

  Octavia E. Butler (2011). “Bloodchild and Other Stories”, p.149, Seven Stories Press

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• Who you become today will determine what you are capable of creating tomorrow.

  Hal Elrod

  Inspirational, Creating, Today

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• A person fully awakened to the jewel-like dignity of their own life is capable of truly respecting that same treasure in others.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Jewels, Treasure, Dignity

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• I'm capable of anything, my imagination can give me wings

  Nas

  Wings, Giving, Imagination

  Song: Thugz Mansion

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• I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.

  Katherine Mansfield

  Encouraging, Want, Becoming

  Journal, 1922

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• Retire into yourself as much as possible. Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Learning, People

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• No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training... what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.

  Socrates

  Workout, Bad Ass, Men

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