#might

The most self-damaging words in the English language are: try, might, and if. These are words of uncertainty. Will you fail? That is possible. But continue doubting your abilities and you’ll never succeed. ↗

— Dannika Dark

#ability #confidence #damaged #damaging #doubt

Growth of consciousness does not depend on the might of the intellect but on the conviction of the heart. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#consciousness #conviction #determination #development #heart

I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.' ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#get #i #i think #lot #might

I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#continue #felt #i #loyalty #might

Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it's far removed from your situation. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#begin #even #far #identify #might

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because I'm not so censored when I use dream material. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#censored #considerations #dream #dreams #economic

Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away. ↗

— Aeschylus

#alas #away #compare #dash #fortunate

For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the sun grows cold? That's the responsibility we hold in our hands. ↗

— David R. Brower

#cold #grows #hands #hold #how

But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#believe #conflicts #different #entirely #everybody

As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#assimilate #different #different view #information #leader