#capable

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom. ↗

— John Locke

#beings #capable #created #end #enlarge

Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth. ↗

— Harold MacMillan

#building #classical #followed #growth #incapable

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#found #less #life #living #passion

It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing. ↗

— Jose Marti

#doing #sin

Blunders are an inescapable feature of war, because choice in military affairs lies generally between the bad and the worse. ↗

— Allan Massie

#bad #because #between #blunders #choice

Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#comedy #inescapable #laugh #often #realization

We all have a social mask, right? We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image. But behind that social mask is a personal truth, what we really, really believe about who we are and what we're capable of. ↗

— Phil McGraw

#behind #believe #best #capable #foot

It ain't easy to break out of a mold, but if you do your work, people will ultimately see what you're capable of. Too often, people find it easier to make assumptions and stick with what they believe. They put you in a place and it makes their job easier. The good people constantly search for something different. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

#believe #break #capable #constantly #different

I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#am #capable #i #i am #i can

The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of a physical law. ↗

— Henri Poincare

#being #capable #facts #knowledge #law