Potential Quotes

We are odd compounds full of explosive material to which circumstances may at any time apply a spark, with results undreamed of even by those who thought they knew us best.

Joseph Farrell, Lectures of a Ce

We never know how high we are till we are called to rise; and then, if we are true to plan, our stature's touch the skies.

Emily Dickinson

If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick.

William James

Everyone knows that on any given day there are energies slumbering in him which the incitement's of that day do not call forth. Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake. The human individual usually lives far within his limits.

William James

Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake. We are making use of only a small part of our physical and mental resources. Stating the thing broadly, the human individual thus lives far within his limits. He possesses power of various sorts which he habitually fails to use.

William James

Whatever your discipline, become a student of excellence in all things. Take every opportunity to observe people who manifest the qualities of mastery. These models of excellence will inspire you and guide you toward the fulfillment of your highest potential.

Tony Buzan

It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.

Zig Ziglar

Do not dilute the truth of your potential. We often convince ourselves that we cannot change, that we cannot overcome the circumstances of our lives. That is simply not true. You have been blessed with immeasurable power to make positive changes in your life. But you can't just wish it, you can't just hope it, you can't just want it... you have to LIVE it, BE it, DO it.

Steve Maraboli

I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist.

Max Lerner

Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.

John Pierpont Morgan

One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must then live it to the full.

Muriel Spark

Continuous excellent effort, not maximum strength or superior IQ, is thekey to unlocking your potential as an achiever.

Greg Werner

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so.

Mary Jean Iron

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.

Charles Dudley Warner

Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it.

Christopher Lasch

The ultimate creative capacity of the brain may be, for all practical purposes, infinite.

George Leonard

What great things would you attempt if you knew you could not fail.

Robert H. Schuller

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.

Kehlog Albran

... by stretching yourself beyond your perceived level of confidence you accelerate your development of competence.

Michael J. Gelb

It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin