Quotes about Capacity
Souls are like athletes, that need opponents worthy of them, if they are to be tried and extended and pushed to the full use of their powers, and rewarded according to their capacity.
— Thomas Merton
Having suffered so much, the capacity for suffering had to some extent left him.
— DH Lawrence
Reason is necessarily presupposed in every revelation. Rev. is the communication of truth to the mind. But the communication of truth supposes the capacity to receive it.
— Charles Hodge
Since God knows our future, our personalities, and our capacity to listen, He isn't ever going to say more to us than we can deal with at the moment.
— Charles Stanley
Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.
— William James
A life devoted to trifles, not only takes away the inclination, but the capacity for higher pursuits. The truths of Christianity have scarcely more influence on a frivolous than on a profligate character.
— Hannah More
What the Father gives is the capacity to be a self, freedom, and thus autonomy, but an autonomy which can be understood only as a surrender of self to the other.
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
That we have evolved capacities for social interaction means that we tend to represent morality and misfortune in a very special way, which makes the connection with supernatural agents extremely easy and apparently obvious.
— Pascal Boyer
Alleged 'impossibilities' are opportunities for our capacities to be stretched.
— Charles Swindoll
As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities.
— Desmond Tutu
Man's brain may be compared to an electric battery. It is a well-known fact that a group of electric batteries will provide more energy than a single battery. It is also a well-known fact that an individual battery will provide energy in proportion to the number and capacity of the cells it contains.
— Napoleon Hill
We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.
— Thomas Merton