But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in your life were you start to recognize what you want to do.
I try to stop and take a 10-second break and ask myself before I do something: One, is this going to improve my life for my children, or two, will there be a potential for something to go wrong here?
So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of services and potentially accommodations that child will get.
I have become an American citizen, and I love this country. I think that this country has incredible potential for goodness, an incredible possibility for doing the wrong thing, too.
I believe that we all have the potential to love any human being, and that genetics, upbringing, choice, social conditioning and environment play a major part in which way we sway.
Most other documents leaked to WikiLeaks do not carry the same explosive potential as candid cables written by American diplomats.
We were all born with the potential to win massively, but you must still play your cards right in order to inevitably solidify it.
The lack of limitless positive imagination has undoubtedly led many people with great potential to settle for a mediocre state of living.
I don't know what they see and say about you, but what I see and believe in you is a strong potential to manifest a life of greatness.
As long as you are still breathing, you definitely haven't reached your highest potential on earth. Always challenge yourself to do better.
I see Intershop as a leader in the E-commerce digital economy and believe the company has truly long-term potential.
Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe, and has the potential to become an inexpensive source of energy for neighborhoods, light and heavy duty vehicles, and industry.
Tourism in India has the potential to promote faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth. It could be used as a powerful antidote to tackle poverty.
Everybody's got the potential for great good and great wrong in them, but it's the choices we make that define who we really are.
Sometimes we are so caught up in the disappointment of plans gone astray that we fail to recognize the potentially new options that might now exist.
All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential.
There are records that, in my opinion, only reach their full potential when the listener is disoriented.
What is in the pencil is greater than what is around it. The talents in you are greater than the environment surrounding you. Your potentials will change your environment.
The kind of soil in your area determines the type of crop you will plant to harvest; The kind of potentials in you will decide the type of success you will celebrate.
If we humans are good at anything, it’s thinking we’ve got a terrific idea and going for it without acknowledging the potential consequences or our own ignorance.
When we help others to perform at the highest level of their potential, we receive something of value; our character is strengthened.