#potential

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

#fear #opportunity #potential #power #respect

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

#potential #romantic-potential #sexual-tension #romantic

Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. From then on, you are inflamed with a special longing that will never again let you linger in the lowlands of complacency and partial fulfillment. The eternal makes you urgent. You are loath to let compromise or the threat of danger hold you back from striving toward the summit of fulfillment. ↗

— John O'Donohue

#potential #soul #danger

People who repeatedly attack your confidence and self-esteem are quite aware of your potential, even if you are not. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#bullying #confidence #potential #put-downs #quotable

The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ all his art in seeking to bring his pupil to experience this power. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#believe #bring #educator #employ #experience

I read a book recently by a psychiatrist who was able to interview a few serial killers and she had a thesis on how you could figure these people out. And she thinks that there are things that could tell you whether someone has the potential to do that. ↗

— Tom Araya

#book #could #few #figure #had

The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies. ↗

— Harry A. Blackmun

#free #guise #health #intimidate #into

It is no wonder that bank capital is regulated. When borrowing and lending is profitable, it is tempting for banks to scale up their operations and to borrow and lend too much in relation to their capital, in effect reducing the effectiveness of the potential capital cushion. ↗

— Evan Davis

#banks #borrow #borrowing #capital #cushion

I'm very confident that the solutions that we are developing are going to be effective not only in application in Iraq, but also will be very helpful for potential homeland security situations as well. ↗

— Geoff Davis

#application #confident #developing #effective #going

I've always had that gratitude that I had the opportunity to pursue my potential. So I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver. We can make the world a better place, one butt at a time. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#always #better #better place #chance #deliver