Jean Houston Quotes

Everyone has some inner power that awaits discovery.

The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.

We don't know the power that's within our own bodies.

There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.

You have greatness in you. The key is to get it out.

It doth not yet appear what we shall be. We lie here in our nest, unfledged and weak, guessing dimly at our future, and scarce believing what even now appears. But the power is in us, and that power is finally to be revealed. And what a revelation will that be!

All arts lie in man, though not all are apparent. Awakening brings them out. To be taught is nothing; everything is in man waiting to be awakened.

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

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.

Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plow. The trick is just to wake thmem up, to sharpen their ears for what's already there in the music.

When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that's when passion is born.

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

Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.

Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.

There's something in us that lives just beyond our normality - and I think we've all got a song in us. If only we could master that tiny muscle and make it sound listenable.

I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is.

Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach.

God has placed within each of us an immeasurable, unique gift. It is our duty to live that out to the full and to encourage one another with gusto.

We are all more capable than we could ever imagine or admit to.

In all my lectures, I have taught one doctrine, namely, the infinitude of the private man.

I understood that I am a lot bigger than what I do, that I have a bigger potential.

I think tapping into one's power and one's potential is a very frightening thing.

We're all always wondering about our own limits, what we're capable of.

I just wanted to do something positive. I feel like music was the talent that I had, I just had to tap into it.