Hal Borland Quotes

There are no limits to where our brains can take us. We are, if there be a God, God's gracious creation.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

The truth is that we were born to have it all. And part of our handicap as adults is that we no longer understand our potential.

We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.

Don't tell me that man doesn't belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go — and he'll do plenty well when he gets there.

There is no man on Earth or devil in Hell who can keep you from the very best God put in you.

Jesus was a teacher, in a way. I mean, essentially, Jesus was a teacher. He was teaching people. He was helping them see themselves for what they were. He was helping them see their power, their strength, their beauty, what they're capable of.

Never accept your limitations - because there are NO limitations.

There is within each of us a divine spark of greatness. Who knows of what we are capable if we only try?

When you are plugged into you, anything is possible.

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.

We are very, very small, but we are profoundly capable of very, very big things.

Never lose faith in yourself; you can do anything in the universe.

We all know those who draw their boundaries carefully and say, "I'm only human. Nobody's perfect. I accept my limitations." And we know others who take an opposite view and say, "I can do anything I choose to do. It is in my power to change the world." And those are the ones who most often change the world.

When the creative mind is unleashed and understands its true nature, it's unlimited. There's nothing you cannot do.

The power for happiness, for good, for everything we need of life is within each one of us. The power is there - unlimited power.

When you realize you're essentially you're God, there ain't nothing on earth more powerful than you, you can do anything you want.

The main thing is the YOU beneath the clothes and skin--the ability to do, the will to conquer, the determination to understand and know this great, wonderful, curious world.

In overstepping our limitations, in touching the extreme boundaries of man's world, we have come to know something of its true splendor.

The greatest handicap a person has is not realizing his potential.

I used many times to touch my own chest and feel, under its asthmatic quiver, the engine of the heart and lungs and blood and feel amazed at what I sensed was the enormity of the power I possessed. Not magical power, but real power. The power simply to go on, the power to endure, that is power enough, but I felt I had also the power to create, to add, to delight, to amaze and to transform.

Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.

Believe in yourself. If you don't believe in yourself, you can't accomplish your goals. Know that you can do anything and anything will happen.