#capable

Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same. ↗

— Xun Zi

#conversely #gentleman #loathed #loved #man

If my training goes well and according to plan I feel that I am capable of a top 8 finish in Athens. It will be a very difficult and technical course which will be to my advantage. ↗

— Jonathan Brown

#advantage #am #athens #capable #course

For in itself a thought, a slumbering thought, is capable of years, and curdles a long life into one hour. ↗

— Lord Byron

#hour #into #itself #life #long

Let each become all that he was created capable of being. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#being #capable #created #each

When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and the Senate becomes incapable of either properly evaluating nominees or appropriately educating the public. ↗

— Elena Kagan

#appropriately #becomes #ceases #confirmation #discussion

Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion. ↗

— Louise J. Kaplan

#adolescence #after #capable #children #compassion

I accrued anger from people's low opinion of me and my work, and for the work I might be capable of. ↗

— Harrison Ford

#capable #i #low #me #might

Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#concepts #histories #homesickness #incapable #individuals

One reason I'm such a wayward prognosticator of rightwing trends is that I'm incapable of blacking out enough neural sectors to see the world through reptilian-brained eyes, a prerequisite for any true channeling of the mean resentments and implanted fears that drive hardcore conservatives. ↗

— James Wolcott

#channeling #conservatives #drive #enough #eyes

Before children, even the most cynical people throw down their usual masks and become capable of feeling the purity and love which all human beings seek. ↗

— Sun Myung Moon

#before #beings #capable #children #cynical