Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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| Quote:Life should begin with age and its privileges and accumulations, and end with youth and its capacity to splendidly enjoy such advantages.[Mark Twain] Quote:Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.[Aldous Huxley] Quote:Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.[Omar Bradley] Quote:Engineering is not merely knowing and being knowledgeable, like a walking encyclopedia; engineering is not merely analysis; engineering is not merely the possession of the capacity to get elegant solutions to non-existent engineering problems; engineering is practicing the art of the organized forcing of technological change... Engineers operate at the interface between science and society... [Herbert Hoover] Quote:Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds. [Samuel Butler] Quote:Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience. [James Boswell] Quote:Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience. [James Boswell] Quote:The human brain is a most unusual instrument of elegant and as yet unknown capacity. [Tom Robbins] Quote:It is very strange that the years teach us patience - that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting. [Elizabeth Taylor] Definitions of: capacityDefinition: The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.Definition: The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of understanding or feeling. Definition: Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing. Definition: Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter. Definition: Legal or moral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, wills, etc.; legal power or right; competency. |
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