Possibility Quotes
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"Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, 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."
"Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another?We can invest enormous time and energy in serious efforts to know another person, but in the end, how close can we come to that person's essence? We convince ourselves that we know the other person well, but do we really know anything important about anyone?"
"I don't profess any religion; I don't think it’s possible that there is a God; I have the greatest difficulty in understanding what is meant by the words ‘spiritual’ or ‘spirituality.'[Interview, The New Yorker, Dec. 26, 2005]"
"The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility."
"That's what makes it so right. Your eyes—your soul is there, but the rest of you is still so undefined. That's the beauty of childhood. The eyes show everything you've seen so far, but the rest of you is still so open to possibility, to whatever you might become."
"Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today."
"Just because an apple falls one hundred times out of a hundred does not mean it will fall on the hundred and first."
"I am too much of a skeptic to deny the possibility of anything."
"It is a profound and necessary truth that the deep things in science are not found because they are useful; they are found because it was possible to find them."
"1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
"Impossibility only lasts until you find new unbelievable hard evidences."
"Regardless of your faith, you can never escape uncertainty."
"The possibility of the dream gives strength."
"Always let your talent and tenacity do the talking. Never your tantrums or sense of self righteousness or entitlement. For it is your talent and tenacity that will carve out, shape and seal your possibilities and destiny."
"When facts give way to faith, then and only then have you unlock the possibilities within!"
"When facts give way to faith, then and only then have you unlocked the possibilities within!"
"Everything is within the limit of possibility by the grace of God."
"The particles that are the very building blocks of all things, are in all possible locations until observation/measurement causes them to choose a specific position."
Kevin Michel, Moving Through Parallel Worlds To Achieve Your Dreams
"Turn your obstacles into opportunities and your problems into possibilities."
"Unless the inquiry has been so exhaustive as to explore every possibility, the lack of evidence should never be used to ground a statement of fact. Unlikelihood certainly, but no more. A prematurely assumed fact blocks further inquiry."
"Everyone wanted to believe that endless love was possible. She'd believed in it once too, back when she was eighteen. But she knew that love was messy, just like life. It took turns that people couldn't foresee or even understand, leaving a long trail of regret in its wake. And almost always, those regrets led to the kinds of what if questions that could never be answered."
"Remember that things are not always as they appear to be… Curiosity creates possibilities and opportunities."
"To be born means being compelled to choose an era, a place, a life. To exist here, now, means to lost the possibility of being countless other potential selves.. Yet once being born there is no turning back. And I think that's exactly why the fantasy worlds of cartoon movies so strongly represent our hopes and yearnings. They illustrate a world of lost possibilities for us."
"So many things are possible as long as you don't know they are impossible."
"Be patient in life, knowing that there is a real possibility that the desired outcome could happen without your direct involvement."
"It is possible for God to live in a man and for the man to still be useless."
"Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong men; a child, old men; an ignorant man, knowledgeable men; and for a dwarf to control giants."
"Your ability to see beauty and possibility is proportionate to the level at which you embrace gratitude."
Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
"Turn obstacles into opportunities and problems into possibilities."
"If you believe our cause so hopeless, why join us?""Because you offered something I had forgotten could be offered, a choice. And I choose to die free."
"He lifted himself out of the darkness of his fears, into a bright new world of possibility."
"A fundamental approach to life transformation is using social media for therapy; it forces you to have an opinion, provides intellectual stimulation, increases awareness, boosts self-confidence, and offers the possibility of hope."
"Imagination belongs to hope. It’s the creative dance of possibility."
Sharon Weil, ChangeAbility: How Artists, Activists, and Awakeners Navigate Change
"Hope dreams into being what is possible but not yet formed."
Sharon Weil, ChangeAbility: How Artists, Activists, and Awakeners Navigate Change
"Without hope, I wouldn’t even try. Hope lifts me to consider new possibilities so I can stay the course of my desire, no matter what."
Sharon Weil, ChangeAbility: How Artists, Activists, and Awakeners Navigate Change
"Playing is more than the act of judging the possibility of defeat or victory, playing is the probability of hope we will have victory."
"If I listen to my heart, if I trust in that voice that sits deep in my soul, that untouched being of truth - I know it's there - I will discover the answers eventually. Maybe not immediately. Maybe not tomorrow. But if I don't open myself to possibility, I'll never know what it means to have lived. I'll never know what it means to have loved."
"The best way to be appreciative for your life is to live it; don't die for any other reason but love. Dreams are what guide us, art is what defines us, math is makes it all possible, and love is what lights our way."
"More often than not, an inspirational or motivational speaker is someone who makes money from telling us that we can do all of the things that we can do … and pretty much all of the things that we cannot do."
"I am giving birth. I am midwife to myself. Now is a new life full of possibilities. I must be strong like a child."
"The curse of having young people about the house was that they were always so redolent of possibility."
"I believe in the simple things--the classic beginning of once upon a time, that good conquers evil in the end, fantasy and fate. My life is that of wondrous enchantment, a place of endless possibilities and dreams, where inspiration is found in the oddest of places. I aspire to inspire, and someday I will change the world,"
"The dream is for a distant time."
"Rather than being incensed by the nature of the bruise, maybe we should be inspired by the possibilities in the bruise."
"The dream is a definite possibility."
"Poverty is possible in every society because someone refused to speak out."
"Any impossibility turned into a possibility is magic."
"Act as if it was, and it will be."
"You have to go head, even if no one goes with you."
"Dare the impossible. By grace it will be possible."
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