Definition of Cannot
Cannot

Am, is, or are, not able; -- written either as one word or two.

Related Definitions:
Able, Am, Are, As, Either, Is, Not, One, Or, Two, Word, Written


Cannot Quotations

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
Buddha

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
Buddha

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
Buddha

A lie cannot live.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.
Mother Teresa

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.
Mother Teresa

Cannot Translations

cannot in German is kann nicht
cannot in Swedish is kan inte