Top 1200 Capacity Quotes & Sayings - Page 13
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Last updated on December 25, 2024.
I'm sorry to say that far worse things have happened and the literature of the Holocaust is a witness to the capacity of the novel as a form.
Why don't we teach our children in school what they are? We should say to them, 'You are unique... you have the capacity for anything. You are a marvel'.
Teaching for creativity aims to encourage self-confidence, independence of mind, and the capacity to think for oneself.
The unlimited capacity of the plant world to sustain man at his highest is a region as yet unexplored by modern science.
I've become more empathetic, and my capacity to understand and be patient - to give people a break - has enlarged over the years.
Civilization merely develops man's capacity for a greater variety of sensations, and ... absolutely nothing else.
A short story is a shard, a sliver, a vignette. It's a biopsy on the human condition but it doesn't have this capacity to think autonomously for itself.
Something sacred, that's it. We ought to be able to say that such and such a painting is as it is, with its capacity for power, because it is "touched by God."
I believe that anybody with Mandela's capacity to endure hardship and then forgive is a born leader and example to us all.
Lincoln had a tremendous capacity for personal growth - more than any other American President.
I think the essence of family is that you have to agree to it, and then supply, out of your imagination and capacity for loyalty, the contents of it.
The capacity of any conqueror is more likely than not to be an illusion produced by the incapacity of his adversary.
Irrespective of any external, regulatory force, our capacity for feeling is in itself an insatiable and bottomless abyss.
Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
I have a hard time even calling myself a musician, but I still have to be involved in music in some capacity in my life.
My capacity for happiness," he added, "you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first
He exhibits the most extraordinary capacity for middle age that I've ever encountered in a young man of twenty-four.
To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them.
Do not be deceived! The busiest people harbor the greatest weariness, their restlessness is weakness--they no longer have the capacity for waiting and idleness.
Most of all I admire Mozart's capacity to be both deep and rational, a combination often said to be impossible.
Christ imparts the capacity of conquest to our lives every single day that we are willing to believe Him.
Everything French is amazing, especially creme brulee, but then burnt sugar works for me in any capacity.
Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.
Democracy is always an unfinished experiment, testing the capacity of each generation to live freedom nobly.
Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.
Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.
I'd really like to go down the Amazon in some capacity. I've spent time in the Congo, so I love the jungle.
I will always serve my country in any capacity, but I'm very happy with what I'm doing right now.
To attain his dream, the warrior of light needs a strong will and an enormous capacity for acceptance.
Enjoyment appears at the boundary between boredom and anxiety, when the challenges are just balanced with the person's capacity to act.
My parole officer always believed in my capacity for redemption, even when my actions did not inspire confidence.
Sometimes, when you act with someone in an intimate capacity, you have to ask vulnerable questions to speed up intimacy - but that's artificial.
The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me.
The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.
I don't see myself going back to 'Strictly' as a professional in the same capacity as I started. But I'll definitely keep dancing.
Most US corporations today are over-managed and under-led. They need to develop their capacity to exercise leadership.
No country in the post-colonial era has thrived without first building its capacity to conduct scientific research.
Life should begin with age and its privileges and accumulations, and end with youth and its capacity to splendidly enjoy such advantages.
The gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest human capacity to which any man could attain.
I think all married couples tend to run things by each other in every capacity and we're not different to them.
The capacity to recognize significant factors in a given situation is limited by the context that arises from the level of consciousness of the observer.
Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.
No one deserves his greater natural capacity nor merits a more favorable starting place in society.
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else!
Capacity for love in its higher forms seems to be peculiarly human although even in humans it is still peculiar.
Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
Every little girl knows about love. It is only her capacity to suffer because of it that increases.
Curiosity is a gift, a capacity of pleasure in knowing, which if you destroy, you make yourself cold and dull.
Elections should highlight principled disagreements, but they must not obscure our capacity to cooperate for the common good.
Compassion is ethical intelligence: it is the capacity to make connections and the consequent urge to act to relieve the suffering of others.
I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid - I was a ballerina, then a singer before acting.
You only communicate to pass the time, or to express the emotions. Your tongue has to develop [the capacity] to speak consciousness.
The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.
We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.
The finest quality of our characters do not come from trying but from the mysterious and yet most effective capacity to be inspired.
The press and the public like certainty and affirmation of popular biases. But real science thrives on the capacity for doubt.
In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity.
We are creatures on this planet that have the capacity of self-awareness, playing out our role just the same as all else.
