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Jai Ganesh

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Capable Quotes - IV

Capable Quotes - IV

1. I fear human beings, because we cannot predict the swings of a human being. They are capable of doing anything. I really fear that. - P. T. Usha

2. It is always a vulgar and often an unhealthy pastime, and it is a vice which does not go alone; the man who gambles will find himself capable of any evil. - Jules Verne

3. To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life. - Robert Louis Stevenson

4. Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper. - Gilbert K. Chesterton

5. The only way I can meet expectations of myself and what I think I am capable of is to make sure my game is in order and I am doing things that allow me to perform at my best, to make sure my training is good, to make sure I am focused on watching the ball and not worried about the external expectations. - Jos Buttler

6. Man is capable of every great heroism; it was man who found a means of conquering the formidable obstacles of his environment, establishing himself lord of the earth, and laying the foundations of civilization. - Maria Montessori

7. The part that always shocked me was the inter-community violence among the chimps: the patrols and the vicious attacks on strangers that lead to death. It's an unfortunate parallel to human behavior - they have a dark side just as we do. We have less excuse, because we can deliberate, so I believe only we are capable of true calculated evil. - Jane Goodall

8. Yes, golf is a weird game. I was capable of dealing with moving and bouncing cricket balls, but this little silly ball, sitting on the ground, gave me quite a headache early on for few years, but taught me how to be disciplined in controlling the ball. - Brian Lara

9. No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change. - John Ruskin

10. We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made. - Al Gore

11. The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of a physical law. - Henri Poincare

12. Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel. - Ian Botham.

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