Top 100 Capable Of Doing Quotes
#1. Do the best you can. But I want to emphasize that it be the very best. We are too prone to be satisfied with mediocre performance. We are capable of doing so much better.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#2. People are capable of doing an awful lot when they have no choice and I had no choice. Courage is when you have choices.
Terry H. Anderson
#3. Women are capable of doing so many things these days, physically, emotionally, within relationships and career. There are so many things that women have evolved into and I feel really proud about where women are right now.
Cameron Diaz
#4. It is amazing to watch God do through us what we could never accomplish on our own. It is comforting to know we have a God who is, always faithful, desires more for us than we could imagine, and perfectly capable of doing the impossible.
Richard Blackaby
#5. The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
Mahatma Gandhi
#6. If the world operates as one big market, every employee will compete with every person anywhere in the world who is capable of doing the same job. There are lots of them and many of them are hungry.
Andy Grove
#7. When I look into someone's eyes, into their soul, their innermost being, they can see mine in return - the things I had done, the things I was willing to do, the things I was capable of doing.
Jim Butcher
#8. Over and over I feel as if my characters know who they are, and what happens to them, and where they have been and where they will go, and what they are capable of doing, but they need me to write it down for them because their handwriting is so bad.
Anne Lamott
#9. I'm pretty clear about what I'm capable of doing.
Nico Muhly
#10. One of the virtues of the NHS ... it doesn't worry you about money at the moment when you're least capable of doing anything about it.
Clive James
#11. I grew up thinking that because I couldn't read, I was stupid and would never amount to anything. I worked my way through college as a waitress and thought I wasn't capable of doing anything else. My grades in English were horrible, and I barely got through.
Suze Orman
#12. What she looks like and what she is capable of doing are two different things. Wickedly beautiful.
Cameron Jace
#13. If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Thomas A. Edison
#14. And what does every child believe every adult capable of doing? Of actually being able to bend the world to an inner desire, exactly what the child is busily practicing in his passionate play.
Joseph Chilton Pearce
#15. This isn't over, Sylvia. I'll leave you now, but I'm watching. I will not let that bastard hurt you." I said this just as I reached the door. As she shut the door I heard a strangled whisper, "No, you're perfectly capable of doing that on your own.
N.M. Facile
#16. Humankind made these religions; that our brains are capable of doing that is neither something to take too seriously - because we also make poop, and we learned to flush that the fuck down the toilet - but it's also not something to totally disregard.
Dan Harmon
#17. We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.
Barack Obama
#18. I'm very intelligent. I'm capable of doing everything put to me. I've launched a perfume and want my own hotel chain. I'm living proof blondes are not stupid.
Paris Hilton
#19. Financially, I'm fine. But it's good to work. I'm not capable of doing nothing.
Anita Pallenberg
#20. The first essential in a boy's career is to find out what he's fitted for, what he's most capable of doing and doing with a relish.
Charles M. Schwab
#21. I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory of God.
Dominic Savio
#22. We live on a planet that is amazing, beautiful, and full of wonder but not protected from powerful destructive forces of nature. We are capable of doing wonderful and selfless things but also self-absorbed and harmful things. This is the world we live in.
Adam Hamilton
#23. But, outside of being a sweet little girl, she was awfully dumb and capable of doing horrible things.
Jack Kerouac
#24. I don't know yet what I am capable of doing, but, by God, I have genius
I know it too well to blush behind it.
Thomas Wolfe
#25. They aren't capable of doing this... look their thoughts, look how they run, look their faces... So far this tells everything about them,...
(Salem's Lot)
Deyth Banger
#26. I think that technology is always invented for historical reasons, to solve a historical problem. But they very soon reveal themselves to be capable of doing things that aren't historical that nobody had ever thought of doing before.
Brian Eno
#27. Well, she managed to - Barbara was capable of doing practically anything if she set her mind to it. In retrospect, I'm not surprised that Barbara managed to get collect calls through.
Ted Olson
#28. True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
#29. At least I know that one film-maker in my career has had the initiative to come to me and thought of me as being capable of doing interesting and complicated work, and so I have a new-found belief that other film-makers will see me in a different way, the way that Patty did.
Charlize Theron
#30. You are not likely to bring out the best in people or nurture their creativity if every time you hear about their problems you instantly offer a solution Encourage people to look for their own solutions-and project the knowledge that they are capable of doing so.
Nathaniel Branden
#31. TV is such a great medium in what it can do in terms of enlightening an audience. We can really inspire and teach people about other people. That's a powerful tool, and that's something that the arts has always been capable of doing.
Aja Naomi King
#32. We build our technologies as a way of addressing all our anxieties and desires. They are our passions congealed into these prosthetic extensions of ourselves. And they do it in a way that reflects what we dream ourselves capable of doing.
Richard Powers
#33. We are too small (compared to the universe), but capable of doing very big things" Stephen Hawking when studying in Cambridge.
Katerina Papanikolaou
#34. I don't ever want to take a part in order to prove that I'm capable of doing something. It's all based in doing stuff that's interesting or working with people who would be fun to work with.
Steve Carell
#35. People think that human beings have gotten worse, that because of the pressures that modern society puts on us, we've gotten worse, and we've gotten capable of doing more terrible things. I don't know if I necessarily think that that's true.
Thomas Gibson
#36. I think that generally, being honest with oneself and others about what you are or are not capable of doing can counteract that feeling of lack of self-confidence.
Dalai Lama XIV
#37. Well, I've always thought that my career was in England, really. I used to do more in the theatre, and I felt that I should be there. It's not far is it? It's amazing the way that special FX have taken a quantum leap in what they're capable of doing.
Albert Finney
#38. Make whatever decision you wish but never forget one thing: all of you are much better than you believed. Take advantage of the chance that tragedy has given you; not everyone is capable of doing so
Paulo Coelho
#39. There is no upper limit to what individuals are capable of doing with their minds. There is no age limit that bars them from beginning. There is no obstacle that cannot be overcome if they persist and believe.
H.G.Wells
#40. Success is the inner satisfaction and peace of mind that come from knowing I did the best I was capable of doing for the group.
Jim Tressel
#41. Regular adult Americans are no more capable of doing math than they are of photosynthesis.
Dave Barry
#42. A rule without exceptions is an instrument capable of doing mischief to the innocent and bringing grief
as well as injustice
to those who should gain exemptions from the rule's functioning.
Derrick A. Bell
#43. I suppose if you're scared enough, you're capable of doing anything.
Tomas Rivera
#44. I don't want to, I don't plan my career based on what I want people to believe I'm capable of doing. So I just take things that I think might be good or might be fun to do or might ultimately entertain.
Steve Carell
#45. Adam just knew that he needed to make her happy. He surprised even himself at times with what he was capable of doing just for that smile. It was as though he could reach into himself and pull out something completely unexpected, just to make her laugh.
Jennifer Sivec
#46. Sometimes people - especially people over 40 - underestimate what they really are capable of. They believe they're not capable of doing something great. I tell people who are over 40, "I don't want your best. I want better than that. I want better than what you perceive your best is."
Jack LaLanne
#47. I never feared about my skills because I put in the work. Work ethic eliminates fear. So if you put forth the work, what are you fearing? You know what you're capable of doing and what you're not.
Michael Jordan
#48. There is nothing of which every man is so afraid, as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.
Jacqueline Winspear
#49. Don't worry about where your from, or who you are, or how young you are. If you have a dream that you want to reach, reach it, and make it happen. God only made one you and you are capable of doing what ever it is you dream of doing. There can never be a better you.
Katherine Stokes
#50. True inspiration overrides all fears. When you are inspired, you enter a trance state and can accomplish things that you may never have felt capable of doing.
Bernie Siegel
#51. The goal in life is just the same as in basketball: make the effort to do the best you are capable of doing
John Wooden
#52. God's love enables us to minister to others beyond what we feel capable of doing. - Kathleen Kohler -
Gary Chapman
#53. God is the One who is with us when we have to do something we don't think we are capable of doing.
Harold S. Kushner
#54. To judge is to believe that a person is capable of doing better. It's to know that people can change their behavior, even quite radically in response to what is expected of them.
Larissa MacFarquhar
#55. Everyday there are people in our world that do absolutely amazing things. People of all ages are very capable of doing tremendous, courageous things in spite of their fear.
Mairead Corrigan
#56. Any of us are capable of doing things we're not proud of under the wrong kind of stresses.
Bill James
#57. And what about magic?"
"What about it?"
"Will you teach me?"
"You don't even know if you're capable of doing magic."
"How do I find out? Is there a test or something?"
"Yes, we cut off your head. If it grows back, you can do magic.
Derek Landy
#58. For readers, one of life's more electrifying discoveries is that they ARE readers--not just capable of doing it...but in love with it...The first book that does that is never forgotten, and each page seems to bring a fresh revelation, one that burns and exalts...
Stephen King
#59. You know not what you are capable of doing; you cannot sound the ocean of thought within you. You must labor, keep at it, and dig deep and long before you will begin to realize much. Be inactive - mourn because you were not created a giant in intellect, and you will die a fool.
L.G. Abell
#60. Every man is capable of doing good to another, but to contribute to the happiness of an entire society is to become akin to the gods
Montesquieu
#61. Nothing save divine power is capable of doing so much for man as he can for himself.
Mary Baker Eddy
#62. I have a romantic conception of the writer's life, and the sort of writer's life that I admire is probably a childless life, possibly a marriageless life, certainly a travelling life - I'm in awe of how much D.H. Lawrence managed to get around. But that's never been something I'm capable of doing.
Rachel Cusk
#63. People, in my long experience, want to talk. They may believe they wish to keep secrets, and they may believe that they are capable of doing so. But the truth is that secrets exist to be revealed; and it is usually very easy to find the combination of words that will cause them to emerge.
J. Robert Lennon
#64. One thing is for sure-none of the arts flourishes on censorship and repression. And by this time it should be evident that the American public is capable of doing its own censoring.
Eleanor Roosevelt
#65. Plus, it seemed inconceivable to give someone money for a job we were capable of doing.
Carrie Brownstein
#66. It's funny how you have to keep changing, or showing that you are capable of doing something different from people's expectations. People really only do remember you from the last thing you've done, or desperately want to put you into a position that they think you're capable of.
Dominic Cooper
#67. Real change, eternal change, is when your actions are meant to draw you closer to your Lord. The first act of genuine turning is recognizing that what you have done on your own, what you are capable of doing, is not enough. The second act is acknowledging who you are turning toward.
Davis Bunn
#68. If a human being is to ascend to the heights of life, they must first know who they are, where they currently stand, and what they are actually (in truth, not in their limited idea) capable of doing, becoming, and achieving in the world.
Emily Gowor
#69. Today there are hundreds of millions of mobile devices, but you do have to know a bit about what each device is capable of doing in order to approach it as a developer.
John Fowler
#70. Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative - don't wait for someone else to ask you to act.
Sylvia Earle
#71. I am an alien. I start a lot of relationships with artists because of what I'm capable of doing with the machine and with beats. Anyone can just listen to a beat, that's boring. But when you actually perform in front of them, it's like: wow. It's undeniable talent. That's my advantage.
AraabMuzik
#73. I have this burning desire to get out there and do my best. It's as if I'm keeping it all in a little bottle, and it's all going to come out when I do the best I'm capable of doing.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
#74. Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
Raymond Chandler
#75. Here's my unsolicited advice to any aspiring screenwriters who might be reading this: Don't ever agonize about the hordes of other writers who are ostensibly your competition. No one else is capable of doing what you do.
Diablo Cody
#76. It is not only by one's impulses that one achieves greatness, but also by patiently filing away the steel wall that separates what one feels from what one is capable of doing.
Vincent Van Gogh
#77. Life isn't that simple. Everybody has a dual potential to do good and bad and you're capable of doing both. But as to whether someone is beyond redemption, they're dangerous.
Wilbert Rideau
#78. The only thing I want to be able to do is come in and learn the offense, go out there and compete, show what I am capable of doing and try to get better as a football player.
Brian Griese
#79. The language of art is powerful to those who understand it, and puzzling to those who do not. What we do know is that here was the modern human mind at work, spinning symbolism and abstraction in a way that only Homo sapiens is capable of doing.
Richard Leakey
#80. I'm not trying to prove that I'm capable of doing many things.
Angel Olsen
#81. I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing ... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!
Lou Holtz
#83. This was a world where one became outdated before one's time was up. An entire country standing up and applauding the fact that no one was capable of doing anything properly anymore. The unreserved celebration of mediocrity.
Fredrik Backman
#84. Only when there are things a man will not do is he capable of doing great things.
Mencius
#85. People's expectations of what I'm capable of doing are very low. People have been used to hearing little one-liners and me play around.
Nicki Minaj
#86. Ordinary people are capable of doing truly extraordinary things.
Richard Goldman
#87. What we have found over the years in the marketplace is that derivatives have been an extraordinarily useful vehicle to transfer risk from those who shouldn't be taking it to those who are willing to and are capable of doing so.
Alan Greenspan
#88. Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
Alexander Pope
#90. Doing the best you are capable of doing is victory in itself, and less than that is defeat.
John Wooden
#91. If you have the emotion, it infects you and the audience. If you don't have it don't bother; just say your lines as truthfully as you are capable of doing. You can't fake emotion.
Sanford Meisner
#92. When we realize that the strength of the Infinite is our strength and that the strength of the Infinite is limitless, we must come to the conclusion that we are capable of doing anything that the living of a great life may demand.
Christian D. Larson
#93. Why do we insist on putting limitations on what people are capable of doing?
Gaby Rodriguez
#94. A mind that's open to everything means being peaceful, radiating love, practicing forgiveness, being generous, respecting all life, and most important, visualizing yourself as capable of doing anything that you can conceive of in your mind and heart.
Wayne Dyer
#95. It's important that the adults appreciate that young people are capable of doing really astounding work.
Vint Cerf
#96. Jazz is capable of doing much more than depicting the dope fiend and the drunk and the slinky gal. In our show there are many very funny sequences where we were able to use jazz as it can be used-in a happy way.
Henry Mancini
#97. Sooner or later something had to give. But President Bush, faced with the unprecedented affront of 9-11, could not wait to take action. So he had to do what we were capable of doing, and he did it brilliantly.
Alexander Haig
#98. Once you try to do more than your equipment is capable of doing you get yourself in trouble and you start wrecking.
Dale Jarrett
#99. The Nirvana unplugged album was something we'd always knew we were capable of doing, but it was just a matter of doing it right.
Dave Grohl
#100. If we did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." - Thomas Edison
Brian P. Moran
