Capacity Quotes

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  Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.54, Courier Corporation

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• Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that these twenty-four hours will bring peace, joy, and happiness to ourselves and others.

  Nhat Hanh

  Happiness, Peace, Morning

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.11, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  "Executive's Portfolio of Model Speeches for All Occasions". Book by Dianna Daniels Booher, 1991.

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  Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Life, Inspiring, Encouragement

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• Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

  Omar N. Bradley

  Memorial Day, Courage, Adventure

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I am only one but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something.

  Edward Everett

  Life, Responsibility, Oneness

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• Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

  Rollo May

  Courage, Moving, Despair

  Rollo May (1994). “The Courage to Create”, p.12, W. W. Norton & Company

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• The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

  Ben Okri

  Love, Inspirational, Sympathy

  "Ben Okri salutes Jeremy Corbyn in poetry with A New Dream of Politics" by Maev Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. October 12, 2015.

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• The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

  Baruch Spinoza

  Communication, Philosophical, Men

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• The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Life, Courage, Disappointment

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• Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

  Ayn Rand

  Money, Inspiration, Men

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.314, Hamilton Books

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• Alleged 'impossibilities' are opportunities for our capacities to be stretched.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Opportunity, Impossibility

  Charles R. Swindoll (1995). “Collected Works of Charles R. Swindoll: A Collection Consisting of Living on the Ragged Edge”, Arrowood Press

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• If you think you can't, you're right.

  Carol Bartz

  Inspirational, Positive, Smart

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• Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.

  Storm Jameson

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Storm Jameson (1941). “The End of this War”

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• Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.

  J. G. Holland

  Inspirational, Motivational, Responsibility

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• As long as my body is in shape, my mind is working at its full capacity.

  Victoria Principal

  Long, Mind, Body

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• We have been endowed with the capacity and the power to create desirable pictures within and to find them automatically in the outer world of our environment.

  John D. MacDonald

  Imagination, World, Environment

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• Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Freedom, Integrity, Adversity

  The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness foreword (1944)

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• You always feel better when you sing. Music touches people's hearts. You know, it doesn't go through your mental capacity, it just moves you and it will let you cry. It's worth it doing a show and when you touch a crowd and move yourself at the same

  Jewel

  Moving, Heart, Feel Better

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• Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's training.

  Bernard Berenson

  Training, Genius, Reactions

  Bernard Berenson (1968). “Venetian and North Italian Schools”

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• Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

  Marian Anderson

  Christian, Peace, Prayer

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• The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain.

  Jennifer Aniston

  Love, Inspiring, Sad

  "Oprah Magazine", 2004.

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• Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

  Walter Scott

  Inspirational, Motivational, Attitude

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• For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?

  Bell Hooks

  Forgiveness, Believe, Compassion

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• Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.

  Rollo May

  Freedom, Men, Hands

  Rollo May (2009). “Man's Search for Himself”, p.119, W. W. Norton & Company

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