Definition of Possibility

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Possibility

The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.

That which is possible; a contingency; a thing or event that may not happen; a contingent interest, as in real or personal estate.

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Possibility Quotations

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
Dalai Lama

The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.
John Lennon

A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.
Ayn Rand

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.
Henry David Thoreau

If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless.
Robert H. Schuller

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
Sun Tzu

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.
Sun Tzu

Dwell in possibility.
Emily Dickinson

Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn't any good reason to refer to it.
Amelia Earhart

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
Salvador Dali

Possibility Translations

possibility in Afrikaans is moontlikheid
possibility in Danish is evne
possibility in Dutch is mogelijkheid
possibility in Portuguese is possibilidade
possibility in Spanish is habilidad, posibilidad

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