Quotes About Limitation

The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything.

We only wanted jetpacks because we couldn't make magic carpets work.

When you reach perfection, it's a sure bet you can't get any better.

I have a burning desire—an inner flame that will not be extinguished by outer forces—to know and live from higher regions, to be transformed so that my new concept of myself will no longer include any limitations. I am willing to challenge and change any thoughts that impede my having a higher vision of myself.

what you think about is what expands, so if what you think about is It can't happen, then It can't happen has to expand.

transcending the physical limitations of a human body.

No matter how hard you try, You can't build a rainman.

The mountain between us is the one mountain I cannot climb.

That which we cannot speak about, we must pass over in silence." At the time

That which we cannot speak about, we must pass over in silence." At the time I had not read Wittgenstein

But I'll never see any of those fish," said Maxie."Or those whales. Or any lions or tigers. I'm never going to set foot in a rain forest now, am I? I won't even be able to watch old DVD's about them without electricity. What does the future hold? It's like going back to the middle ages. Nobody knowing what was going on beyond their front doorstep. All I'll ever know is this. This little bit of London.

There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do.

Straining against her leash, the puppy tried to go a hundred different ways at once.

...there is no such thing as infinity in any of the natural resources of the earth.

OCEAN, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills.

Impossibility is more possible than everything which we hold to be possible.

We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.

Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in

If a given science accidentally reached its goal, this would by no means stop the workers in the field, who would be driven past their goal by the sheer momentum of the illusion of unlimited progress.

It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.

Meinst du, es gäbe nichts außer dem, was du dir vorstellen kannst?

Anlams?zl?k habis bir sözcüktür. En uç a??r?l?klara bile hak tan?yan bir serzeniÅŸi adland?r?r. Bu nedenle tehlikeli de bir sözcüktür. Sadece bir eksiklikliÄŸi ima etmez, ayn? zamanda bir k?s?tlamay?, asli bir ÅŸeyin çal?nd???n? düÅŸündürür, ki bu da bir suçlu aramay? tümüyle hakl? k?lar, eÄŸer ortada bir suç varsa tabii.

The modesty that theology needs is the recognition that we cannot rationally comprehend God.

The tragedy of man is that he has developed an intelligence eager to uncover mysteries, but not strong enough to penetrate them.