Quotes About Potential

"Each person has a unique genetic endowment."

— Robert Sternber

"However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at."

— Stephen Hawking

"Greatness isn't born, it is grown."

— Daniel Coyle

"She let it be known that IQ for her was the ultimate measure of your intelligence and your character. (underestimating potential"

— Carol Dweck on her teacher, Mrs. Wilson

"There's a lot of intelligence out there being wasted by underestimating students' potential to develop."

— Carol Dweck

"Over time I have come to understand that extraordinary people do have extraordinary gift, which lies at the heart of their capabilities, But is not the gift that people usually assume it to be, and it is even more powerful than we imagine. Most importantly, it is a gift that every one of us is born with and can, with the right approach, take advantage of."

— Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool, Peak

"I believe that every person is born with talent."

— Maya Angelou

"Every person is endowed with God-given abilities, and we must cultivate every ounce of talent we have in order to maintain our pinnacle position in the world."

— Ben Carson

"Prodigies or not, we all have interests that can blossom into abilities."

— Carol Dweck

"We are all functioning at a small fraction of our capacity."

— Winston Churchill

"However ordinary each of us may seem, we are all in some way special, and can do things that are extraordinary, perhaps until then even thought impossible."

— Roger Bannister, first person to run a mile in under four minutes

"I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life."

— Dean Koontz

"My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors."

— Maya Angelou