Quotes about Capability

We clearly see in God's Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It's easier to come up with excuses for why we can't do things that are hard or that we really don't want to do.

fail a stringent code of ethics and that none of us was capable of earning a place of honor.

What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions. ( Essay to Leo Baeck , 1953)

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.

The Lord only demands of us what is within our capabilities.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

You have the skill. What is more, you were born a woman, And women, though most helpless in doing good deeds, Are of every evil the cleverest of contrivers.

Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

There is nothing everyone is so afraid of as being told how vastly much he is capable of. You are capable of - do you want to know? - you are capable of living in poverty; you are capable of standing almost any kind of maltreatment, abuse, etc. But you do not wish to know about it, isn't that so? You would be furious with him who told you so, and only call that person your friend who bolsters you in saying: 'No, this I cannot bear, this is beyond my strength, etc.

Because your own strength is unequal to a task, do not assume it is beyond the powers of man.