Quotes on Possibilities

I was not born in a home where there were stereotypes. So that was very useful because it gave me the sense of possibilities, of flying, if I may say, of making my hopes and dreams a reality.

Take your mind off the problems for a moment, and focus on the positive possibilities. Consider how very much you are able to do.

The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.

I can think of no other writer who so thoroughly embodies the Jamesian spirit as Alison Lurie. Like him she can excavate all the possibilities of a theme. Like his, her books seem long, unbroken threads, seamless progressions of effects.

The minute you start putting words on paper you're eliminating possibilities.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Regret is a short, evocative and achingly beautiful word: an elegy to lost possibilities even in its brief annunciation.

Always dream big, and don't let anyone limit your dreams because the possibilities are endless.

I think we go through our lives limiting our potential, and when times are tough, it's easy to convince ourselves that something isn't possible, but if you start there, then you limit yourself and the possibilities of what you can create.

If your mind is empty, it is ready for anything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.

Problems are the outward signs of unused inner possibilities.

When trying to innovate, most people stop after 10-15 possibilities, failing to recognize that their first ideas are usually the most obvious ones.