Quotes About Limitations

It was, then, in the imagination of Virgil, and of Virgil alone, that the concept of Arcady, as we know it, was born — that a bleak and chilly district of Greece came to be transfigured into an imaginary realm of perfect bliss. But no sooner had this new, Utopian Arcady come into being than a discrepancy was felt between the supernatural perfection of an imaginary environment and the natural limitations of human life as it is.

That's what the "Masters" do. Everyone who has a great idea about anything - they have focused upon what they wanted long enough and by the Law of Attraction, their though got big enough and broad enough and bold enough, that they made connection with their Inner Being. And then their Inner Being transmitted their desire to the boundaries of the Universe - and you have no limitations under those conditions.

Unfortunately, when academic ideals meet business realities, business realities usually win. Businesses are full of real people, with real strengths and weaknesses and limitations. These people can do only so much with the finite resources available in their organizations. Some things they just cannot do, whether for political reasons, lack of resources or inability.

There is an enormous gap between what we think we can do and what God calls us to do.

Whenever it occurs, however it occurs, pessimism has but one effect: it introduces humility into thought. It undermines the innumerable, self-aggrandizing postures that constitute the human being. Pessimism is the humility of the species that has named itself, thought furtively stumbling upon its own limitations on black wings of futility.

It's important to be informed about issues like usability, reliability, security, privacy, and some of the inherent limitations of computers.

Technology does not always rhyme with perfection and reliability. Far from it in reality!

It's sad when you can't make everyone happy, though. It's impossible but, at the same time, you still hope. You think, 'Maybe I can do it,' but you know you can't. But gosh, if I had to rely on giving people what they wanted, I would have had to write 40 billion different books and even then, I wouldn't get it right.

People put limitations on their creativity, believing they have to rely on what they know and what they have done.

Compared with other recent presidents whose stumbles and failures have assaulted the national self-esteem, memories of Kennedy continue to give the country faith that its better days are ahead. That's been reason enough to discount his limitations and remain enamored of his presidential performance.

The idea that we all have to be Pinterest-perfect, killing it on all fronts, drinking our probiotics, remembering to have Rishi, and putting all these things in our kids' lunches - there's a lot of pressure to do all of the things. And we can't do all of the things. I can do a few things, and I've got them nailed. I think that's more realistic.

There are fewer roles, and I've done so many things already that I don't want to repeat, so to find something you haven't done is harder. I don't want to play a country singer again.

The reason I give money to politicians within the limitations of the law is to allow them to put their message across to the people. Is it the ideal system? No. Is it the law of the land? Yes.

In an ideal world, you'd never have to do things that are below your position, but this isn't an ideal world, and it's never going to be.

I'm not allowed to be as liberal as I would like to be, you know? I'd do a lot more damage if I could!

No, I consider myself computer illiterate.

I've always felt like, you know, there's this imaginary wall that we ourselves put up or others do by saying that we can't do something.

Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are.

We don't have a lot of space in our imaginations to allow people to expand what they do.

Words are an imperfect medium for explaining.

I may have a talent for acting, but I am incapable of doing anything else.

Besides, I'm fairly incompetent. I can't play that fast.

I don't know technology and engineering. I don't know accounting.

I know what I don't know. To this day, I don't know technology, and I don't know finance or accounting.