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Quotes about Potential

There is a budding morrow in midnight.
— John Keats
To most of us the real life is the life we do not lead.
— Oscar Wilde
If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible ... what wine is so sparkling, so fragrant, so intoxicating, as possibility!
— Soren Kierkegaard
Everything keeps its best nature only by being put to its best use.
— Phillips Brooks
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone.
— Nelson Mandela
The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Don't worry if your "you" is small and your rewards are few: Remember that the mighty oak was once a nut like you.
— Anonymous
You are greater than anything that can happen to you. In a big and terrifying crisis, people find within themselves a power and a strength and also a wisdom they had no idea they possessed.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Others can inspire you, but ultimately the only thing that empowers you is what lies within you and learning how to better utilize what you've been given.
— Bishop TD Jakes
Our greatest power doesn't always emerge from our experiences, not even from our most intense ones. There's incredible hidden treasure locked up in your instincts that may not always show on your résumé. If you can spend some time with yourself, you may be on the verge of the most powerful part of your life, discovering what's inside that your instincts want to express outside. Think about what you gravitate toward when given time to relax and recharge.
— Bishop TD Jakes
The unborn baby lies in a cage we call a womb. He has eyes but cannot use them, and a mouth that he has never eaten with. He has been innately equipped for a world he has not been exposed to. His innate instincts like sucking, seeing, walking, and sitting have never been utilized because no opportunity exists in his present safe and warm cocoon of development. He must be born and enter the world to discover the instincts imbued by his Creator.
— Bishop TD Jakes
Don't leave your God-given gifts unopened. Don't leave this planet having missed the great opportunities God has for you. Rip off the lid of your abilities, tear into that box that is your talents, and use every gift God has given you. Devote yourself to fulfilling the unique purpose that is your destiny.
— Bishop TD Jakes