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Quotes About Limits

Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.
~ E. F. Schumacher
The fundamental fact about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priests had said, Thus far and no farther. We set the limits of thought. The Greek said, All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set on thought.
~ Edith Hamilton
There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
~ Edmund Burke
Seek not out the things that are too hard for thee, neither search the things that are above thy strength.
~ Anonymous
Know your limits, but never stop trying to exceed them.
~ Anonymous
They said it's for boys. Or very adventurous girls." She can hear him smiling.
~ Anthony Doerr
There are comforts in knowing the boundaries of the place you live. Everyone here seems to behave like things are endless.
~ Anthony Doerr
las personas no poseen una libertad total para pensar, decir o hacer lo que quieran, ya que hay límites en la capacidad de agencia humana.
~ Anthony Giddens
Stop right there,' I said. 'If we're going to have rules, the main rule is that you never ask me about my private life: not my books, not my TV, not my family, not my friends.' 'I'm interested you put them in that order...
~ Anthony Horowitz
My role is to take the player to his limits, to provoke him, to annoy him against me, because in this nervousness is the will to improve.
~ Diego Simeone
Your goal as an entrepreneur is to understand not only what your business does but the clients that it serves. If you really have your pulse on their needs and wants, then your 'absolute' failures are always going to have limits.
~ Michael Gerber
Rip Rig + Panic that I joined, they were really influenced by jazz and blues and punk. So I think what happened from punk, which was kind of DIY, was that it created a kind of creative place that was kind of without limits, in a way.
~ Neneh Cherry
'Petrushka' was not conceived as a children's ballet, even though it involves puppets. We're on the outer limits of what's child-appropriate here.
~ John de Lancie
We have a new puppy and that's enough! Two babies and three dogs is enough.
~ Christine Taylor
A chap can go too far in the pursuit of authenticity.
~ Gyles Brandreth
Increased spiritual strength is a gift from God which He can give when we push in His service to our limits. Through the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, our natures can be changed. Then our power to carry burdens can be increased more than enough to compensate for the increased service we will be asked to give.
~ Henry B. Eyring
It seems pretentious to assume that we are not creatures of action. I think often it takes a situation of extreme absurdity, extreme action, to push us to the limits of what our character is, and to change us as people.
~ Eleanor Catton
I still find it hard to push my own limits. I know where my limits are and that I always have to push myself.
~ Charlotte Gainsbourg
I like to push the limit to how much air we can put in the football, even go over what they allow you to do and see if the officials take air out of it.
~ Aaron Rodgers
Making music can get so emotional that, if you don't set limits for yourself, it can push you or the person that you're making music with to a breaking point.
~ Arca
I believe that being an actress or being involved in a movie has to be a life experience, otherwise why go for it? I have to change me, and I have to learn things, and I have to push me and my limits. By acting, I find a freedom inside of a prison in a way.
~ Juliette Binoche
I'd love to be an award-winning, commercial successful actress! I would love to push myself to the limits as an actress and experiment with playing really interesting women.
~ Preity Zinta
I've had to learn how to say no to things, and have people around me that don't push me too hard, because I'll go until I just crash. I don't have a stop button.
~ Tove Lo
I've never been afraid of much, and like any normal kid, I liked to push the limits of what I could do.
~ Kacy Catanzaro