Bounds Quotes

239 quotes by 213 authors

My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity. — Arthur Ashe
We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs. — Saint Augustine
A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds. — Teresa of Avila
We are a nation of laws, and we will always act within the bounds of the law. — John O. Brennan
The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. — Samuel Butler
Secrets of the incomprehensible wisdom of God, unknown to any besides Himself! Man, sprung up only of a few days, wants to penetrate, and to… — Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon
People talk about imitating Christ, and imitate Him in the little trifling formal things, such as washing the feet, saying His prayer, and so on;… — Florence Nightingale
Aspire, break bounds. Endeavor to be good, and better still, best. — Robert Browning
Not stepping over the bounds of modesty. — William Shakespeare
I always think before an important shot: What is the worst that can happen on this shot? I can whiff it, shank it, or hit… — Cary Middlecoff
A man may not transgress the bounds of major morals, but may make errors in minor morals. — Confucius
Phantoms in general are nothing more than trifling disorders of the spirit; images we cannot contain within the bounds of sleep. — Luigi Pirandello
Thus the woman, who had perversely exceeded her proper bounds, is forced back to her own position. She had, indeed, previously been subject to her… — John Calvin
If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bounds, society perishes. — Thomas Huxley
I had a moment like that with Wilt (Chamberlain). He knocked me out of bounds, I came back and faked him, came across the middle… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Thought cannot avoid the ethical or reverence and love for all life. It will abandon the old confined systems of ethics and be forced to… — Albert Schweitzer
And it is not difficult to show, by abundant instances, that to extend the bounds of what may be called moral police, until it encroaches… — John Stuart Mill
The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the… — John Burroughs
'Facts' are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it. — William James
It seems to me, that the only Objects of the abstract Sciences or of Demonstration is Quantity and Number, and that all Attempts to extend… — David Hume

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