"Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things."
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"Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being."
"When it comes to our military, what we have to think about is not, you know just budgets, we've got to think about capabilities."
"That which is currently beyond your capabilities now, does not have to be so forever"
"Capability is just a concept of what is it we're looking at. Now how far we can go along that and what new capabilities become possible is something we have to judge."
"When the labourer co-operates systematically with others, he strips off the fetters of his individuality, and develops the capabilities of his species."
"I believe that we have more capability than any other creature to control our biological inheritance - and we do so most of the time."
"You have so many capabilities & potential. Start celebrating the life God has given you!"
"We gained his operational capabilities and he gained our marketing skills."