“It appears to general observation, that revolutions create genius and talents; but those events do no more than bring them forward. There is existing in man, a mass of sense lying in a dormant state, and which, unless something excites it to action, will descend with him, in that condition, to the grave. As it is to the advantage of society that the whole of its faculties should be employed, the construction of government ought to be such as to bring forward, by a quiet and regular operation, all that extent of capacity which never fails to appear in revolutions.” MenShouldStatesWholeGovernmentActionLyingFailingConditionsTalentEventsRevolutionOughtGeniusQuietMassAdvantageCapacityGravesObservationOperationsFacultyConstructionEmployedDormant Book:Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution Source: Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution
“The time has come, I think, when we must recognize bisexuality as a normal form of human behavior... we shall not really succeed in discarding the straitjacket of our cultural beliefs about sexual choice if we fail to come to terms with the well-documented, normal human capacity to love members of both sexes.” IfsThinkingHumansWellsFormChoicesBeliefSexTermFailingSucceedMembersBehaviorNormalCapacityHuman BehaviorCapacity To LoveBisexualityHuman Capacity Author:Margaret Mead
“There is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite accumulation of property from the capacity of holding it in perpetuity by...corporations. The power of all corporations ought to be limited in this respect. The growing wealth acquired by them never fails to be a source of abuses.” EvilWealthGrowingFailingSourceOughtCapacityAbusePropertyCorporationsAccumulationGuarded Author:James Madison
“With a full century of contrary proof in our possession and despite our demonstrated capacity for cooperative teamwork, some among us seem to accept the shibboleth of an unbridgeable gap between those who hire and those who are employed. We miserably fail to challenge the lie that what is good for management is necessarily bad for labor; that for one side to profit, the other must be depressed. Such distorted doctrine is false and foreign to the American scene where common ideals and purpose permit us a common approach toward the common good.” SeemsLyingPurposeSidesChallengesCommonAcceptingFailingCenturySceneApproachCapacityIdealsLaborManagementProfitPossessionProofContraryDoctrineDespiteGapsTeamworkPermitEmployedEmployersCommon GoodCooperatives Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“The history of the world, as it is written and handed down by word of mouth, often fails us completely; but man's intuitive capacity, though it often misleads, does lead, does not ever abandon one.” MenWorldLoveDoeFailingWrittenHuman NatureMouthsCapacityAbandonIntuitiveOne LoveWorld HistoryMisleadWord Of Mouth Book:The Blue Octavo Notebooks Source: The Blue Octavo Notebooks
“If we fail to realize our full potential as human beings, we live more on an animalistic level. This is fine for dogs, cats, and chimpanzees but doesn't work quite so well for women and men. Without the capacity to freely shape our own lives, much as a sculptor might carve stone, we inevitably slip into negativity and depression.” IfsMenHumansWellsMightRealizingHuman BeingsLevelsFailingDogFineShapesMen And WomenCapacityStonesCatSlipsNegativitySculptorsFull PotentialChimpanzeesAnimalistic Author:H. E Davey
“Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because... they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.” MenImportantProblemAttentionFailingCapacitySolveLackingSeriousness Author:Calvin Coolidge
“Ability is not something to be saved, like money, in the hope that you can draw interest on it. The interest comes from the spending. Unused ability, like unused muscles, will atrophy. It is tragic to realize that the majority of human beings, even the so-called educated, call upon only the smallest fraction of their potential capacity. They leave many talents dormant. They fail to develop their mental qualities. They are almost unaware of the degree of energy upon which they might call to build a full and rewarding life.” HumansMightEnergyInterestRealizingHuman BeingsAbilityQualityFailingTalentDegreesDrawsCapacityMajoritySpendingSavedEducatedMusclesTragicSmallestFractionsDormantAtrophy Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“The problem with success is that you lose the capacity to fail and the capacity to surprise people. So, if I'm able to surprise myself every day, I can surprise you as well. If I enjoy someone's work and they offer me their project, I do it. So what's the point of the supposed creativity? If Mona Lisa could be made by anyone, then it wouldn't have been the most beautiful painting in the world. The knowledge that you can fail can make you come first.” PeopleIfsWorldFirstsWellsHas BeensMadeI CanProblemAbleBeautifulEnjoyLosesCreativityFailingPaintingOffersProjectsCapacitySurpriseMona LisaBeautiful Paintings Author:Shahrukh Khan