Capacity Quotes - Page 7
History teaches us that the capacity for things to get worse is limitless.
Chalmers Johnson (2007). “Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic”, p.71, Macmillan
Benjamin Franklin (1998). “Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom”, p.60, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity.
William Godwin (1831). “Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries: Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author”, p.345
He is strong and pain is worse to the strong, incapacity is worse.
1928 Cawdor,'Hurt Hawks'.
As we grow older, our capacity for enjoyment shrinks, but not our appetite for it.
Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.71, BookBaby
Perhaps the best test of a man's intelligence is his capacity for making a summary.
Lytton Strachey (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)”, p.703, Delphi Classics
Carl Gustav Jung, Beatrice M. Hinkle (2003). “Psychology of the Unconscious”, p.193, Courier Corporation