Potential Quotes

“Understand: people will constantly attack you in life. One of their main weapons will be to instill in you doubts about yourself – your worth, your abilities, your potential. They will often disguise this as their objective opinion, but invariably it has a political purpose – they want to keep you down.”
― Robert Greene, The 50th Law

“Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.”
― Mary McLeod Bethune

“Junk is in the eyes of the beholder. Some look, but others see.”
― Old Sculptor Myles Munroe, Understanding Your Potential - Discovering the Hidden You

“That in itself made her a little intriguing and enticing. A woman who doesn't know her own potential for passion”
― Kailin Gow, The Protege

“I have come to believe that our innate purpose is nothing more than to be the greatest version of ourselves. It is a process of refinement, improvement, and enhancement. When you are aligned with this process and living your purpose, you have the potential of creating something amazing.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“We were all made with the potential to be the people we are supposed to be. We all have souls and we all have minds and we all have wills. Many people look at the world and see a beautiful place full of potential and love and beauty those are the people you want as friends. But many people look at the world and see a place that hurts, that causes pain, that destroys and corrupts. Those are the people you don't want to have as friends, for those are the people who will pull you down with them, who will fill your mind with similar thoughts, who will turn you from a positive person to a negative person. God made us all with the potential to be positive people, contributing to the growth of this world, but many people choose to be negative, diminishing the light of those who wish to do good.'
'Why?' Walker asked.
'Because, my friend, it's easier. It's unfortunate, but it's true. It's much easier for a person to think that the world will not let him advance, because then that person won't have many expectations of himself, and it's easier to fulfill low expectations.”
― Tom Walsh

“There was a time when I could have slept with his friend Briffa, for instance. Around him the air was always fraught with possibilities.”
― Michael Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion

“Life’s best coaches are those who believe in you and your potential, sometimes even before you do.”
― Lorii Myers, No Excuses, The Fit Mind-Fit Body Strategy Book

“Think of it, Dad. What if I have it in me to do that, and I don't try?”
― Kim Edwards, The Memory Keeper's Daughter

“Every day that we fail to live out the maximum of our potentialities we kill the Shakespeare, Dante, Homer, Christ which is in us.”
― Henry Miller

“Author describes one character's optimism as, that quiet well-being which perhaps you and I have felt on a sunny afternoon when, in our brightest youth and health, life has opened a new vista for us, and long to-morrows of activity have stretched before us like a lovely plain which there was no need for hurrying to look at, because it was all our own.”
― George Eliot, Adam Bede

“Nobody ever talks about the pyramids that weren't built, the books that weren't written, the songs that weren't sung. Stop letting your fear condemn you to mediocrity. Get out of your own way. Your dreams are a poetic reflection of your soul's wishes. Be courageous enough to follow them. There is no greater time than now to experience the full power of your potential. Make this the day you take the first step in the beautiful journey of bringing your dreams to life.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“You will do great and terrible things, Bethany Rudan. Just make sure you know the difference before you choose to act. And look to the boy, the tracker. He anchors you.”
― Meghan Ciana Doidge, Time Walker

“Polish those gems within brightly, so you may shine...”
― Gino Norris, Stress Diary Journal

“Create your legacy by fulfilling your potential...”
― Gino Norris, Stress Diary Journal

“Potential is an excuse to procrastinate;
Ambition is a means to thrive.”
― Donovan King

“I have been thinking about the idea of excuses for some time now. They are like menacing demons that creep into our lives without us knowing. They are roadblocks, white lies to ourselves, a reason to set the bar lower, and self-justification for achieving less than our full potential.”
― Lorii Myers, No Excuses, The Fit Mind-Fit Body Strategy Book

“All that ye potentially possess can…be manifested only as a result of your own volition.”
Bahá’u’lláh”
― Bahá u lláh

“Your life is a reflection of how effectively you balance potential and kinetic energy.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“This life is your canvas; what will you make it?”
― Jayce O'Neal

“Each of us has immense potential to achieve what we desire, unless we enliven and enlighten our life with inspiration, bring our dreams or desires into reality we will never shine as bright as our potential.”
― steven redhead, Keys to the Laws of Creation

“The potential, for anything, was overwhelming to a degree that bothered him. It wasn’t, he thought, the idea of power. It certainly wasn’t that nervous feeling T.C. would get in the pit of his stomach when he knew he had an incredible opportunity in front of him, that amazing brief pause before an act of creation. This was something else. Something to fear and respect.”
― Adam P. Knave, Stays Crunchy in Milk

“America runs on credit darling. Why do you worry, our credit will take care of this payment. It is not saving or cash in hand that matters. We do not need cash, we just need potential. The system in the US believes in potential. That is
the model of the future. You need not be born rich, but you should be in the league that can make it big.”
― Ravindra Shukla, A Maverick Heart: Between Love and Life

“Look at it this way—before any of this wood became parts of the shelves or the desk or the chair, all of it was in pieces—just pieces of wood. But the wood was full of potential. It could be shaped into anything that a carpenter wanted it to be shaped into, turning it into a beautiful finished product. Now, not all carpenters are equal in skill—you know that. If a piece of wood is shaped by a poor carpenter, the finished product will be lacking somehow, in some way.

"But if that wood is shaped by a master carpenter, then that piece will fit into this world precisely as it’s supposed to fit, whether it be a desktop or a cabinet shelf or a doorstop. And the way that I work wood is the way I try to work with people—with love and attention and caring—so that the wood and the people can reach their potential. And if someone lets you teach them, and is open to what you have to teach, then how can you go wrong?”
― Tom Walsh

“You and your ‘potential’,” I lazily rolled my eyes. “According to you, everyone has it…and no one is living up to it.”
― M.A. George, Relativity

“When you limit a woman's potential, you limit your own.”
― Charlie Rose

“As sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father, we are capable of so much more. For that, good intentions are not enough. We must do. Even more important, we must become what Heavenly Father wants us to be.

Declaring our testimony of the gospel is good, but being a living example of the restored gospel is better. Wishing to be more faithful to our covenants is good; actually being faithful to sacred covenants—including living a virtuous life, paying our tithes and offerings, keeping the Word of Wisdom, and serving those in need—is much better. Announcing that we will dedicate more time for family prayer, scripture study, and wholesome family activities is good; but actually doing all these things steadily will bring heavenly blessings to our lives.”
― Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“God has given you a gift, why not open it?!”
― Habeeb Akande

“The out-dated imagery of sitting over a dusty typewriter staring at blank pages for years is a fallacy and probably designed to keep you from living up to your fullest potential.”
― Kytka Hilmar-Jezek, Book Power: A Platform for Writing, Branding, Positioning & Publishing

“Withheld potential is a "CRIME TO HUMANITY”
― Fela Durotoye