Motivational Quotes

Possibilities

Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible; but the world of pure reason ;knows no compromise, no practical limitations, no barrier to the creative activity.

- Russell, Bertrand

Best Quotes about Possibilities

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few.

Suzuki, Shunryu

It is idleness that creates impossibilities; and where people don't care to do anything, they shelter themselves under a permission that it cannot be done.

South, Bishop Robert

How far is far, how high is high? We'll never know until we try.

Song From The California Special Olympics

The possibilities of creative effort connected with the subconscious mind are stupendous and imponderable. They inspire one with awe.

Hill, Napoleon

The awakening has begun!

Dempsey, William

There are no such things as incurable s. There are only things for which man has not found a cure.

Baruch, Bernard M.

Thou hast seen nothing yet.

Cervantes, Miguel De

Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering

Maslow, Abraham H.

Anything that has been accomplished by any other human being in the physical realm is within the field of possibility.

Dyer, Wayne

10.

There is no such thing as no chance.

Ford, Henry

11.

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

Morgan, John Pierpont

12.

If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?

DeVos, Richard M.

13.

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

Albran, Kehlog

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No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.

Hurston, Zora Neale

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

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If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves.

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Lerner, Max

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Few men during their lifetime comes anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

Byrd, Richard E.

19.

As you begin to understand the immense power and love you hold inside, you will find an unending surge of joy, light and love that will nourish and support you all the days of your life.

Jeffers, Susan

20.

For years, people have looked at Beamon's record as unattainable. I don't accept that. I believe the Lord has given me a talent. I know the record is inside me and I will attain it.

Lewis, Carl

21.

Go far -- too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal a week will serve you, and one suit, Through all your travels; for you'll find it certain. The poorer and the baser you appear, The more you look through still.

Fletcher, John

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Argue for your limitations and sure enough they're yours

Bach, Richard

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The failure wishes he could do things he could never do. He thinks little of what he can do.

Caine, Mark

24.

Possibilitizing is overcoming while you're undergoing.

Schuller, Robert H.

25.

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

26.

It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware of where he is and what he's doing, but his mind is on the playing of the instrument with an internal sense of rightness -- it is not merely mechanical, it is not only spiritual; it is something of both, on a different plane and a more remote one.

Palmer, Arnold

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

Lasch, Christopher

28.

Our sun is one of 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies populating the universe. It would be the height of presumption to think that we are the only living beings in that enormous immensity.

Braun, Wernher Von

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The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today.

Brown, Les

30.

Two people can do anything as long as one of them is the Lord.

31.

Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?

Prince

32.

You have powers you never dreamed of. You can do things you never thought you could do. there are no limitations in what you can do except the limitations of your own mind.

Kingsley, Darwin P.

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Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.

Marden, Orison Swett

34.

We ain't gonna go bouncing off the walls for the next ten minutes, because when its over we'll still have the same problems. We've gotta find a way to work this out and stay alive.

Movie, Apollo 13

35.

We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.

Carnegie, Dale

36.

Look and you will find it -- what is unsought will go undetected.

Sophocles

37.

Look at things... as they can be.

Schwartz, David J.

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Your body is an amazing creation, capable of performing great wonders, but you can destroy that miraculous machine's potential with an overdose of stress.

Johnson, Harry J.

39.

When the impossibility has been eliminated, whatever remains, no matter how improbable... is possible.

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

40.

My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep. The more I give thee, the more I have, For both are infinite

Shakespeare, William

41.

Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far and as wide as you possibly can? I would rather fail in an attempt at something new and uncharted than safely succeed in a repeat of something I have done.

Hotchner, A.E.

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Your range of available choices -- right now -- is limitless.

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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It shows exactly what you can do if you're a total psychotic.

Allen, Woody

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No matter what the level of your ability, you have more potential than you can ever develop in a lifetime.

Mccay, James T.

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

Schuller, Robert H.

46.

A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.

Lombardi, Vince

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It is impossible to underrate human intelligence -- beginning with one's own.

Adams, Henry Brooks

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I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level. I am interested in the unknown, and the only path to the unknown is through breaking barriers, an often-painful process.

Nyad, Diana

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The power which resides in man is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!

Kierkegaard, S°ren