Limits Quotes · Page 43

To define knowledge as merely empirical is to limit one's ability to know; it enfeebles one's ability to feel and think.

— Wendell Berry

I like to describe Himalayan climbing as a kind of art of suffering. Just pushing, pushing yourself to your limits.

— Wojciech Kurtyka

The ascetic is often a sensualist who has reached the limit of his capacity.

— Jacques Barzun

We have been far too aggressive about extracting ocean wildlife, not appreciating that there are limits and even points of no return.

— Sylvia Earle

The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism.

— Paul Ricoeur

There are absolutely no limits with podcasting because you can do anything you want.

— Paul F. Tompkins

I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to…

— Ziggy Marley

I am a gay writer, absolutely. And in no way does that fact limit the reach or importance of what I write.

— Garth Greenwell

There are photographers who don't really engage with their subject. It's a really unfortunate phrase, but they take their photo and they…

— Sebastian Junger

Only by being permitted to experience the consequences of his actions will the child acquire a sense of responsibility; and within the…

— Robert M. Lindner

I've always enjoyed singing and can't recall a time in my life where I wasn't singing. I'm most grateful for the strength…

— Jason Mraz

During the CPAC conference, Rand Paul told the crowd it was time for a new president and that people need to help…

— Jimmy Fallon

Comparison of statements made at different periods frequently enable us to give maximal and minimal dates to the appearance of a cultural…

— Edward Sapir

Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They…

— Anonymous

Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you…

— Billie Jean King

The sky has never been the limit. We are our own limits. Its then about breaking our personal limits and outgrowing ourselves…

— Anonymous

This world, this universe which our senses feel, or our mind thinks, is but one atom, so to say, of the Infinite,…

— Swami Vivekananda

If we make up our minds that this is a drab and purposeless universe, it will be that, and nothing else. On…

— Helen Keller

Whenever you make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don't look back at it too long. Mistakes are life's way…

— Og Mandino

I believe I am strong mentally. My breaking points might be bigger than most players. I think it's because of the way…

— AB de Villiers

I call worldly or earthly those whose minds and hearts are fixed on a tiny portion of this world they live in,…

— Jean de la Bruyere

How has all the knowledge in the world been gained but by the concentration of the powers of the mind? The world…

— Swami Vivekananda

There is a thrill of vulnerability at all airshows. There is no way of making everything completely safe. When the machines are…

— Alex James

People might ask me, What do you propose instead? I propose nothing. I am a mere novelist, I just write about the…

— Jose Saramago

Listen for the magic word of motivation and you will hear it. And then? Well, the sky is the limit!

— Norman Vincent Peale

I am opposed to term limits because if we did not have seasoned professionals, we would not have the good government that…

— George Will

Life to me is a series of false limits and my challenge as an athlete is to explore those limits

— Lance Armstrong

If, at the limit, you can rule without crime, you cannot do so without injustices.

— Emile M. Cioran

Learning the edges or limits or sources of friction in empathy was one of the big issues for me.

— Leslie Jamison

There is no limit to beauty, no saturation point in design, no end to the material…

— Salvatore Ferragamo

You are extraordinary within your limits, but your limits are extraordinary!

— Gertrude Stein

I believe in term limits for presidents because I think that there is no doubt I'm a better president now than I…

— Barack Obama

Sometimes God pushes us to our limits, it's because he has greater faith in us then we have in ourselves.

— Anonymous

My time on this world is limited, but the things I can do with that time are not.

— Jeb Corliss

Take the limits off and dare to believe that god has wonderful things in store for you!

— Senora Roy

Logic pervades the world; the limits of the world are also the limits of logic.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

Black men of our day were never told, The sky's the limit. ... We could aspire to Joe Louis but never Henry Ford.

— Walter Mosley

We should be very skeptical of people who want to place limits on how we express ourselves.

— Mohsin Hamid

I watched the UFC way back in the day, before there were time limits. I always knew it's what I wanted to…

— Justin Gaethje

'The Outer Limits' was one of those shows I grew up watching - that and The 'Twilight Zone.'

— Kevin Nealon