"Has anyone ever said about you, 'He has so much potential'? If you're under twenty - let's give you twenty-five - consider it a compliment. Potential - your untapped or unlocked capacity. Potential - the hint of greatness not yet developed. 'He has so much potential' - a statement of praise and maybe even adoration. And then you're thirty, and you still have all this potential. Pressing forty, and you're still full of potential. If you're forty-five and someone looks at you and says, 'You have so much potential,' pause, excuse yourself, step into a closet, and have a good cry."
Erwin McManus from his book Chasing Daylight
