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Quotes about Potential

    “Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, ‘I am of no value,’ is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself. We all have the power of thought – so what are you lacking? If you have willpower, then you can change anything. It is usually said that you are your own master.” ~ Dalai Lama

      “Sport is where an entire life can be compressed into a few hours, where the emotions of a lifetime can be felt on an acre or two of ground, where a person can suffer and die and rise again on six miles of trails through a New York City park. Sport is a theater where sinner can turn saint and a common man become an uncommon hero, where the past and the future can fuse with the present. Sport is singularly able to give us peak experiences where we feel completely one with the world and transcend all conflicts as we finally become our own potential.” ~ Dr. George Sheehan

        “We all have tremendous potential, and we all are blessed with gifts. Yet the one thing that holds all of us back is some degree of self-doubt.”

        Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad (Page 126)

          “If you’re not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it’s almost certain you’re not reaching your potential as a leader.” ~ Seth Godin, Tribes

            “The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.” ~ Confucius

              ‎”The wealthiest places on Earth are cemeteries. The dead lying in those graves had dreams and desires that will never be fulfilled, businesses that weren’t started and relationships that never were formed.  It is up to us not to bury that potential we have.” – Bill Rancic

                “The difference between what we are doing and what we’re capable of doing would solve most of the world’s problems.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

                  “Leadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it in themselves.” ~ Stephen Covey

                    “I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply all my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.” ~ Og Mandino

                      “Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.” ~ John Wooden

                        “Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.” ~ Amiel

                          “What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

                            “Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.” ~ Anthony Robbins

                              “Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential.” ~ Bruce Lee

                                “Through imagination, we can visualize the uncreated worlds of potential that lie within us.” ~ Stephen Covey

                                  “If you are reading this right now, you have all the makings of Greatness: A heart, a brain, a will, a Soul and a choice. Imagine that.”

                                    “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

                                      “There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.” ~ Siren Kierkegaard

                                        “Never be satisfied with what you achieve, because it all pales in comparison with what you are capable of doing in the future.” ~ R. Kaplan