capability Quotes

“Though Oz had given her a twisted life, hadn’t it also made her capable?”

“It’s not so much ability as attitude.”

“Ivan Ilych was...a capable, cheerful, good-natured, and sociable man, though strict in the fulfillment of what he considered to be his duty: and he considered his duty to be what was so considered by those in authority.”

“Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.”

“He could bend the bow of bronze.”

I am capable of what every other human is capable of. This is one of the great lessons of war and life.

“Really, though, what do I know about what another person is capable of? I still don’t have a clue what I’m capable of. I keep surprising even myself.”

“…there was already something in his gaze beyond the capacity of any ape. In those dark, deep-set eyes was a dawning awareness—the first intimations of an intelligence that could not possibly fulfill itself for ages yet, and might soon be extinguished forever.”

“I’m as capable of rescuing you as you are of rescuing me.”