Limitations Quotes: Insights to Overcome Barriers

"No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character"

John Morley, Statesman

"Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours"

Richard Bach, Novelist

"The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

"You are the architect of your own destiny; you are the master of your own fate; you are behind the steering wheel of your own life. There are no limitations to what you can do, have, or be except the limitations you place on yourself by your own thinking"

Ben Sweetland, Author

"Globalisation has made us more vulnerable. It creates a world without borders, and makes us painfully aware of the limitations of our present instruments, and of politics, to meet its challenges"

Anna Lindh, Politician

"As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind"

Cleveland Amory, Historian

"Set high standards and few limitations for yourself"

Anthony J. D'Angelo, Author

"The enemy of art is the absence of limitations"

Orson Welles, Actor

"I just don't want to be hampered by my own limitations"

Barbra Streisand, Actress

"The question is: how bad do things have to get before you will do something about it? Where is your line in the sand? If you don't enforce the constitutional limitations on your government very soon, you are likely to find out what World War III will be like"

Michael Badnarik, Politician

"A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations"

Gerald Jampolsky, Psychologist

"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding"

Ambrose Bierce, Journalist

"When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses"

John F. Kennedy, President

"Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, a blow with an agreement"

Leon Trotsky, Revolutionary

"The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse"

Helen Keller, Author

"To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies"

Willa Cather, Author

"The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel"

James Thurber, Comedian

"You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way"

Johnny Cash, Musician

"Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers"

Mignon McLaughlin, Journalist

"Justice for crimes against humanity must have no limitations"

Simon Wiesenthal, Activist

"I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer"

Manuel Puig, Author

"Life has no limitations, except the ones you make"

Les Brown, Businessman

"Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That's why I don't think we'll ever grow up"

Robert Smith, Musician

"It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists"

John Yoo, Educator

"Men must know their limitations"

Clint Eastwood, Actor

"Self-confidence is very important. If you don't think you can win, you will take cowardly decisions in the crucial moments, out of sheer respect for your opponent. You see the opportunity but also greater limitations than you should. I have always believed in what I do on the chessboard, even when I had no objective reason to. It is better to overestimate your prospects than underestimate them"

Magnus Carlsen

"The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one can best view the worst of medicine and not because doctors in these countries have different ideas about what constitutes modern medicine. It's the system and its limitations that are to blame"

Paul Farmer, Educator

"People mistake their limitations for high standards"

Jean Toomer, Author

"Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment"

William J. Brennan, Jr., Judge

"Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped"

Elbert Hubbard, Writer

"I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers"

Helen Keller, Author

"It is impossible for us to understand the Church if we regard her as subject to the limitations of human culture. For she is essentially a supernatural organism which transcends human cultures and transforms them to her own ends"

Christopher Dawson, Writer

"For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities of human nature from the narrow limitations of blood and soil and class and to create a common language and a common culture in which men can realize their common humanity"

Christopher Dawson, Writer

"I continuously go further and further learning about my own limitations, my body limitation, psychological limitations. It's a way of life for me"

Ayrton Senna, Celebrity

"My talents fall within definite limitations. I am not as versatile an actress as some think"

Greta Garbo, Actress

"It's good to take a longer view and think, What would I really like to do if I had no limitations whatsoever?"

Laurie Anderson, Musician

"Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth"

Victor Borge, Musician

"Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom"

Willie Stargell, Athlete

"I resent limitations. I'm going to be this way for a while"

Fiona Apple, Musician

"And I kind of said to myself if I get my voice back I'm not going to take back the old anxiety about it and just focus on the limitations. I'm really going to enjoy it"

Rosanne Cash, Musician

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