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Human potential12 quotes
How little do we know that which we are!
How less what we may be! — Lord Byron · 1824No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. — William Blake · 1793We know what we are but know not what we may be. — William Shakespeare · 1616Genius without Education is like Silver in the Mine. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750O human race, born to fly upward,
Wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall? — Dante Alighieri · 1321We never know how high we are
Till we are asked to rise
And then if we are true to plan
Our statures touch the skies. — Emily Dickinson · 1886All 12 quotes →Genius2 quotes
Genius without Education is like Silver in the Mine. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. — Elbert Hubbard · 1911Human nature2 quotes
How little do we know that which we are!
How less what we may be! — Lord Byron · 1824For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness. What new wonders, undreamt of in our time, will we have wrought in another generation? — Carl Sagan · 1994Self-knowledge2 quotes
We know what we are but know not what we may be. — William Shakespeare · 1616Everyone has the potential for self-knowledge and sound thinking. — HeraclitusBirds1 quote
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. — William Blake · 1793Capacity for greatness1 quote
We never know how high we are
Till we are asked to rise
And then if we are true to plan
Our statures touch the skies. — Emily Dickinson · 1886Creation1 quote
But there is good and reason in us, in human beings, with whom fortune plays, and we can be stronger than nature and fate, if only for a few hours. And we can draw close to one another in times of need, understand and love one another, and live to comfort each other. And sometimes, when the black depths are silent, we can do even more. We can then be gods for moments, stretch out a commanding hand and create things which were not there before and which, when they are created, continue to live without us. — Hermann Hesse · 1910Creativity1 quote
But there is good and reason in us, in human beings, with whom fortune plays, and we can be stronger than nature and fate, if only for a few hours. And we can draw close to one another in times of need, understand and love one another, and live to comfort each other. And sometimes, when the black depths are silent, we can do even more. We can then be gods for moments, stretch out a commanding hand and create things which were not there before and which, when they are created, continue to live without us. — Hermann Hesse · 1910Education1 quote
Genius without Education is like Silver in the Mine. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750Elegance of nature1 quote
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. — William Blake · 1793Limitations and constraints1 quote
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. — William Blake · 1793Man and machine1 quote
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. — Elbert Hubbard · 1911Nature1 quote
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. — William Blake · 1793Personal growth1 quote
Everyone has the potential for self-knowledge and sound thinking. — HeraclitusProgress1 quote
For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness. What new wonders, undreamt of in our time, will we have wrought in another generation? — Carl Sagan · 1994Technological progress1 quote
For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness. What new wonders, undreamt of in our time, will we have wrought in another generation? — Carl Sagan · 1994Untapped potential1 quote
Genius without Education is like Silver in the Mine. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750