Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Nature has concealed at the bottom of our minds talents and abilities of which we are not aware.

Nobody is ordinary if you know where to look.

No man can discover his own talents.

Inside every human being there are treasures to unlock.

I try to say something about the human condition whenever I can when I'm lucky.

There are greater and better things in us all, than the world takes account of, or than we take note of; if we would but find them out.

I didn't know I had it in me. There's more to all of us than we realize. Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think. We're capable of so much more than we allow ourselves to believe.

Most human beings only scratch the surface of their real potential. They have no idea what they're capable of.

Potential is a priceless treasure, like gold. All of us have gold hidden within, but we have to dig to get it out.

I believe every person has within themselves inexhaustible reserves of potential they have never even come close to realizing.

No one knows what capacities for doing and suffering he has in himself, until something comes to rouse them to activity: just as in a pond of still water, lying there like a mirror, there is no sign of the roar and thunder with which it can leap from the precipice, and yet remain what it is; or again, rise high in the air as a fountain. When water is as cold as ice, you can have no idea of the latent warmth contained in it.

A mind might ponder its thought for an epoch, and not gain so much self-knowledge as the passion of love shall teach in a day.

There is no human life so poor and small as not to hold many a divine possibility.

I'm afraid," Professor Piper said, "afraid that you're never going to discover what you're truly capable of. That you won't get to see-that I won't get to see-any of the wonder that's inside of you.

We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do. It's only when necessity faces us that we rise to the occasion and actually do the things that hitherto have seemed impossible.

Happiness is not the end of life: character is.

Life involves passions, faiths, doubts, and courage.

What empowerment is all about [is] finding something which infuses you with a sense of mission, with a passion for your life's work. I don't believe there is one path for women or one nature to fulfill. Real fulfillment, real empowerment is often different than we imagine and better than we plan.

I have been struggling with mental illness and emptiness throughout my life. Now I want people to understand my glorious quest for the truth. Working on paintings is a process toward my artistic creation. It is a new spiritual theme of my whole philosophy for pursuing the truth. Each painting represents a process in all of my art.

Hidden behind your fears and your failures is the success you seek.

I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness.

I ran to the forest, I ran to the trees. I ran and I ran, I was looking for me.

We can never be like lillies in the garden unless we have spent time as bulbs in the dark, totally ignored.

Foster and polish the warrior spirit while serving in the world; illuminate the path according to your inner light.

To dance is to live. What I want is a school of life.