Top 1200 Personal Limits Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

If you elect me the first Jewish justice of the peace, I'll reduce the speed limits to 54.95!

Term limits would make Congress bolder, more independent, and less risk-averse.

It's great to see so many women grab the world by its lapel, push their limits, and shine through it all.

Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions date descry.

Liberty is never out of bounds or off limits; it spreads wherever it can capture the imagination of men.

Satire has its limits. It is really up to the people to make the change. The satirist's role ends at the screen.

Usually, I prefer not to clarify anything that is being talked about me, but when it goes out of limits, I reply.

There is always enough self-love hidden beneath the greatest devoutness to set limits on charity.

There's nothing like being a soldier for confidence or learning your limits or enduring utter humiliation.

Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever.

Don't let others define you. Don't let the past confine you. Take charge of your life with confidence and determination and there are no limits on what you can do or be.

The Internet has become a hate-filled town square with no limits put on destructive verbal behavior.

God has put within our lives meanings and possibilities that quite outrun the limits of mortality.

What do you conceive God to be like? Some would say to believe at all in a personal God requires a giant leap of faith - but I am convinced that belief in God is a far more reasonable position than atheism. Nature, the personal experience of literally billions of people, and something innate in the heart of man all testify to the existence of God.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

I believe that I'm entitled to regard my pre-political life as off-limits in terms of what can be looked at and judged.

I know there are limits to what a coach can accomplish in improving speechmaking unless the subject is a diligent student of himself.

To watch King Lear is to approach the recognition that there is indeed no meaning in life, and that there are limits to human understanding.

Writing a book is very personal. It's a very personal relationship. A book will start with something as simple as two men talking about work. That gets the fire going. Sustaining that fire is the hard work. It takes attention and empathy to hone the characters.

I don't believe anything is truly off limits, but as a performer, one has to know that people might be offended, and there are consequences.

I must explore desert ground and see what can grow. But there are limits. I know in my heart what I would never do.

People always tend to identify, instinctively, freedom with abandon.But the type of abandon that seeks personal gratification always gets you "tied up in a knot."Abandon instead your personal fears and desires...and you, the real you, will become freed, released from the bonds of your own mind.

I think, in Spain, they are too used to reaching the limits of democracy and then stepping over them.

What both the left and the right overlook is our Founders' wisdom about the limits and dangers of government.

It's almost better that Twitter limits me to 140 characters. There's only so much trouble I can get in.

Words have no language which can utter the secrets of love; and beyond the limits of expression is the expounding of desire.

The way to get better at a skill is to force yourself to practice just beyond your limits.

What is now commonplace was once not, and I think that's a testament to what it means to really break the mold and push the limits.

Theres nothing like being a soldier for confidence or learning your limits or enduring utter humiliation.

What's your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that's always on your person.

Human sympathy has its limits, and we were contented to let all their tragic arguments fade with the city lights behind.

Romance and girls I don't talk about anymore: it's off limits. I just want to keep it private.

Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life

People in the church should not accept the notion that the public square is off limits to religious values.

You have to stop worrying about looking foolish, 'cause fear of being humiliated really limits you.

I think the more important task for a young person than developing a personal brand is figuring out what she's great at, what she loves to do, and how she can use that to leave an imprint in the world. Those are tough questions, but essential ones. Answer those - and the personal brand follows.

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

Normal television limits what you can do. With science fiction, you can exercise your imagination more. I fell in love with it.

Fun has no limits. It is like the human race and face; there is a family likeness among all the species, but they all differ.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Anything outside yourself, this you can see and apply your logic to it. But it's a human trait that when we encounter personal problems, these things most deeply personal are the most difficult to bring out for our logic to scan. We tend to flounder around, blaming everything but the actual, deep-seated thing that's really chewing on us.

In two areas above all others the Christian demonstration of love and communication stands clear: in the area of the Christian couple and their children; and in the personal relationships of Christians in the church. If there is no demonstration in these two places, on the personal level, the world can conclude that orthodox Christian doctrine is nothing but dead, cold words.

As you become more senior in your career, it can be thin at the top - It's harder and harder to get unbiased and direct feedback when making decisions. You want people who will speak truth to power. Say no to any 'yes men or women' on your personal board. When you face a personal crossroads, you need honest advisors.

After all, the world is not our handiwork, and we are not responsible for what goes on in it, save within very narrow limits.

Whenever anything changes and quits its proper limits, this change is at once the death of that which was before.

Women developed it as an art. They've had to, in order to survive. The problem is that it limits you. You are in a controlling situation in duality.

In each of us there are places we have never gone. Only by pressing the limits do you ever find them.

It is a serious mistake to judge God within the narrow limits of our own understanding and abilities.

The creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them.

God can do nothing for me until I recognize the limits of what is humanly possible, allowing Him to do the impossible.

Great potential for personal empowerment can be found in attending to our awareness of global problems and to our understanding of how they connect with each other and with our personal lives. The process of naming the danger, saying aloud that the threats to life on earth are real, moves us from the numbness of denial to the aliveness that makes action possible.

I just want to test out all that Kellan is and push him to the limits and create new Kellans.

It's an unwritten rule - girl friends' boyfriends are off limits, even after they break up.

The Church limits her sacramental services to the faithful. Christ gave Himself upon the cross a ransom for all.

I don’t have a problem with someone using their talents to become successful, I just don’t think the highest calling is success. Things like freedom and the expansion of knowledge are beyond success, beyond the personal. Personal success is not wrong, but it is limited in importance, and once you have enough of it it is a shame to keep striving for that, instead of for truth, beauty, or justice.

I am not enough of a mathematician to be able to judge either the well-foundedness or the limits of relativity in physics.

Define the limits of your vision: Having this, you will not be poorer Than a man who rules a dukedom.

People thrive on positive reinforcement. They can take only a certain amount of criticism and you may lose them altogether if you criticize them in a personal way... you can make a point without being personal. Don't insult or belittle your people. Instead of getting more out of them you will get less

A lot of the experiences I write about could be described as grasping for boundaries, trying to find the limits of things.

I've really pushed the limits of what you can get away with at big studios, and I've been extremely well-supported.