Capable Quotes

The ultimate destiny of the human race is the greatest moral perfection, provided that it is achieved through human freedom, whereby alone man is capable of the greatest happiness.

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.

Those that say that individuals are not capable of changing anything are only looking for excuses.

We are not only less reasonable and less decent in our dreams... we are also more inteligent, wiser and capable of better judgment when we are asleep than when we are awake.

We are the only species on earth capable of preventing our own flowering.

Love, and love alone, is capable of giving thee a happier life.

Decency and tolerance, to be of any value, must be capable of withstanding the severest strain.

The central conception of Man in the Gospels is that he is an unfinished creation capable of reaching a higher level by a definite evolution which must begin by his own efforts.

Who can guarantee that he [Alexander Milinkevich, a Belarussian opposition presidential candidate] is the most promising candidate capable of competing with the incumbent president?

If we do not let people do things the way they do, we will never know what they are really capable of and they will just follow our boarding school rules.

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

Doing the best you are capable of doing is victory in itself, and less than that is defeat.

I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than 10 military divisions.

To serve the Word is to fulfill the highest function of which man is capable.

I don't think biology is replacing the feeling experienced through art. Biology is capable of giving additional insights. It's a parallel, not a substitutive process.

The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation.

I was speechless. Rare for me, but if anyone was capable of shocking me to silence, it was my mother.

Do we really think that a government-dominated education is going to produce citizens capable of dominating their government, as the education of a truly vigilant self-governing people requires?

I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea.

A man who is stingy with saffron is capable of seducing his own grandmother.

Only if we are capable of dwelling, only then can we build

If you really want to find out what you're capable of, you cannot put limits on yourself, and you definitely cannot be cautious.

Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.

Only a true weakling is capable of true courage.

True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.

Every life is worthy and every life is capable of greatness. We have an obligation to make sure that opportunity for greatness is there.

Thoughts are like seeds. If you want different results in life, you have to figure out which thoughts are capable of growing those results and which aren’t.

It is essential that the painter should develop not only his eyes, but also his soul, so that it too may be capable of weighing colors in balance.

I like to regard myself as someone who's capable of critical thought, that is to say, who can evaluate claims.

The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.

You'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

What we aspire to be is more than what we are yet less than what we are capable of.

The human race is not divided into two opposing camps of good and evil. It is made up of those who are capable of learning and those who are incapable of doing so.

Don't underestimate the things that I will do.

As such, I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable.

Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.

Obedience makes us progressively stronger, capable of faithfully enduring tests and trials in the future. Obedience in Gethsemane prepared the Savior to obey and endure to the end on Golgotha.

Hemp is Earth's number-one biomass resource; it is capable of producing 10 tons per acre in four months.

People put me on a box, and I love when people think they know what I am capable of or not capable of. I thrive off of that.

People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do you find someone capable of both.

The older you get the more capable you get at managing life.

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.

Words are capable of making experience more vivid, and also of organizing it. They can scare us, and they can comfort us.

Be your own worst critic. When things go wrong it's tempting to shift the blame. Don't. Accept responsibility. People will appreciate it, and you will find out what you're capable of.

Sometimes it seems to me that I am capable of absolutely nothing, but that nature through me can accomplish a great deal.

The animal frame, though destined to fulfill so many other ends, is as a machine more perfect than the best contrived steam-engine-that is, is capable of more work with the same expenditure of fuel.

If we let our head drop, our heart drops with it. Keep your head up, and your body is capable of amazing feats.

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done." Longfellow "Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.

A god or revelation capable of proof or rational verification by an autonomous man would be worthless.