Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Love alone is capable of uniting living beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it alone takes them and joins them by what is deepest in themselves.

French Philosopher

John Wooden

Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.

American Coach

Shakira

I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I'm not capable, I'm too cowardly for that.

Musician

Cristiano Ronaldo

I see myself as the best footballer in the world. If you don't believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of.

Portuguese Footballer

Soren Kierkegaard

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.

Danish Philosopher

Nelson Mandela

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

South African Statesman

Abraham Maslow

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

American Psychologist

Lou Holtz

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

French Writer

Robert Louis Stevenson

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

Scottish Writer

Emphasizes individual ability without specific details.

Potential Actions

'Capable of' might suggest the task hasn't been done yet.

Implies Doubt

Stresses fit for a task in a work setting; suggests reliability.

Job Suitability

Focuses on specific learned abilities for certain roles.

Skill Emphasis

Suggests an authority or permission has been granted specifically.

Authority Given

Used in a legal context, relates to lawful competence or power.

Legal Implications

In education, implies good performance and understanding.

Academic Competence

Points to someone's ability to do things swiftly and well.

Efficiency Highlighted

 that larvae may not be as helpless as they seem, and are capable of taking their fate in their own fins to maximize their chances of survival. The larvae of many species are unexpectedly strong swimmers, and can move vertically in the water column to place themselves in different water masses and preferentially ride certain currents.

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 But the same unique ability that makes humans capable of driving mass extinctions can also enable us to prevent them. By learning about past extinction events, recognizing what is happening today as environments change, and using this knowledge to lessen our effect on other species, we can transform humanity's impact on the world

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 But what is confidence? Take the belief that you are valuable, worthwhile, and capable, also known as self-esteem, add in the optimism that comes when you are certain of your abilities, and then empowered by these, act courageously to face a challenge head-on.

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 survival and flourishing this is what evolution is vouchsafed us in our nature to strive for and by sentient beings I mean not just us any creatures with brains that are capable of sensing perceiving feeling and especially suffering important question about

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 let anyone bring me down and that women are capable of doing anything they want to do catherine johnson has taught me to believe in myself and my capabilities kathryn johnson was an amazing african-american female mathematician who changed the world

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 It's just sitting there ready to obliterate anything that becomes a threat. Or maybe they're not that intelligent, or perhaps the evolution of an intelligence capable of creating sophisticated technology is far rarer than we've assumed.

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 and more eumelanin, giving skin a darker tone. This built-in sun shield helped protect them from melanoma, likely making them evolutionarily fitter and capable of passing this useful trait on to new generations.

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 The results were species capable of much more than when they were separate organisms, and this was an evolutionary leap that lead to the microorganisms, plants, and animals we observe on the planet today.

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 trying to figure out what her next move is going to be i have never seen anything like this in my life if she gets any closer guys don't move a muscle knowing that she's perfectly capable of

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 I think architecture is capable of changing this world, and people's lives.

Capable

Able to do something.

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Having the necessary skills or abilities for a particular job or task.

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Having the ability or power to do something.

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Able to achieve efficiently whatever one has to do.

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Implies Doubt

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