#potential

Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things we are capable of, that we could be or do. The potentialities are so great that we never, any of us, are more than one-fourth fulfilled. ↗

— Katherine Anne Porter

#being #capable #chances #could #fulfilled

It is the potential for economic growth that provides the basis for the development of countries, for bringing to people essential goods and services, such as water to drink and facilities for healthcare. ↗

— Lee R. Raymond

#bringing #countries #development #drink #economic

The most experience I had in the criminology field is playing a thug as an actor. That was my first paid job. The police academy at the college was paying people to reenact the calls that potential cops would get. So I got to play thugs and people who were unruly. ↗

— Jeremy Renner

#actor #calls #college #cops #experience

Even if I don't release it myself, somebody else might hear it and want to record it. When you write a song, it gives it that potential. ↗

— Smokey Robinson

#even #gives #hear #i #might

The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict? ↗

— Max de Pree

#among #appear #change #conflict #followers

Yet our small business owners across the country are unfairly losing potential interest income on a daily basis until the Business Checking Freedom Act becomes law. ↗

— Sue Kelly

#act #basis #becomes #business #business owners

I want to warn potential victims. Many of them are women, and many of them are battered women. It's a cause for me. When I look back, though, so many of the books I've written are about wives who just couldn't get away. ↗

— Ann Rule

#away #back #battered #books #cause

The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#better #federal #federal government #first #government

The message of the free world to any potential Palestinian leadership should be a simple one: Embrace democratic reform and we will embrace you. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#democratic #embrace #free #free world #leadership

The serious problems facing the world today will never be solved until women are able to use their full potential on behalf of themselves, their families, and their global and local communities, as the World Bank and others have discovered. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#bank #behalf #communities #discovered #facing