Capable
Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault.
Possessing adequate power; qualified; able; fully competent; as, a capable instructor; a capable judge; a mind capable of nice investigations.
Possessing legal power or capacity; as, a man capable of making a contract, or a will.
Capacious; large; comprehensive.
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Capable Quotations
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
Albert Einstein
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problem.
Mahatma Gandhi
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.
John Wooden
We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.
Henry David Thoreau
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
Nelson Mandela
Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
John Wooden
If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
Thomas A. Edison
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.
Plato
Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.
Plato
Capable Translations
capable in Danish is dygtig
capable in Dutch is bekwaam, capabel, kundig
capable in French is capable
capable in Italian is adatto, abile, idoneo, capace
capable in Latin is idoneus
capable in Norwegian is dyktig
capable in Portuguese is capaz
capable in Spanish is capaz
capable in Swedish is duglig, kapabel
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