“One magnitude is said to be the limit of another magnitude when the second may approach the first within any given magnitude, however small, though the second may never exceed the magnitude it approaches.” FirstsMaySaidGivenLimitsApproachMathematicsExceedMagnitude Author:Jean le Rond d'Alembert
“Fortunately, we can take in only so much misfortune; what exceeds that limit either destroys us or leaves us indifferent.” LimitsMisfortunesIndifferentExceed Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Challenge is the opportunity for greatness. People do their best when there is an opportunity to change how things currently stand. Maintaining the status quo facilitates mediocrity. Those who embrace this practice do not wish to rest on their laurels. They motivate others to exceed their limits and look for innovative ways to improve the organization.” PeopleWayLooksOpportunityWishChallengesLeadershipPracticeGreatnessLimitsOrganizationEmbraceMediocrityStatus QuoMaintainingInnovativeExceedFacilitateLaurelsOpportunity To ChangeMaintaining The Status Quo Author:James M. Kouzes
“Many people believe that the grains of sand are infinite in multitude ... Others think that although their number is not without limit, no number can ever be named which will be greater than the number of grains of sand. But I shall try to prove to you that among the numbers which I have named there are those which exceed the number of grains in a heap of sand the size not only of the earth, but even of the universe” PeopleThinkingTryingBelieveEarthUniverseNumbersGreaterProveLimitsInfiniteSizeSandGrainMultitudesExceedGrains Of Sand Author:Archimedes
“Each personal limit you exceed, each boundary you cross, verifies that most limits are indeed self imposed. Your potential and possibilities are far greater than you can ever imagine. You are capable of far more than you ever thought.” SelfGreaterImaginePossibilityLimitsCapableCrossesBoundariesExceedVerifyPersonal Limits Author:Robert J Kriegel
“It's a tale of redemption. It's a tale of a girl who is going on a journey, who makes mistakes as most young people do... the credit card companies love sending you credit cards so you exceed your limit and they can charge you interest. And this is a girl who overcomes her problems and figures a way out of her financial crisis, and hopefully the world will do the same thing.” PeopleWorldWayProblemYoungGirlInterestMistakeCompanyJourneyFiguresLimitsOvercomingCrisisFinancialCreditTalesCardsRedemptionHopefullyMaking MistakesExceedCredit CardFinancial Crisis Author:Jerry Bruckheimer
“Under our system of three branches of government, the courts ultimately are the checks on the legislative and executive branches when they exceed or even abuse the limits of their power.” GovernmentThreeLimitsAbuseCourtChecksBranchesExecutivesExceedExecutive BranchBranches Of GovernmentThree Branches Of Government Author:Nina Totenberg
“When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation.” CertainLimitsFollyExploitationExceedCaliphs Author:Abu Bakr
“The thing I loved the most - and still love the most about teaching - is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits.” StillsIndividualTeacherGroupsTeachingLimitsBasketballExceedTeachers And TeachingTeacher Appreciation Author:Mike Krzyzewski
“The goal for many amputees is no longer to reach a 'natural' level of ability but to exceed it, using whatever cutting-edge technology is available. As this new generation sees it, our tools are evolving faster than the human body, so why obey the limits of mere nature?” HumansBodyGoalNaturalAbilityLevelsTechnologyCuttingGenerationsLimitsToolsMereEdgesAvailableFasterEvolveHuman BodyExceedNew GenerationCutting EdgeAmputees Author:Daniel H. Wilson
“Now I know there are ways to belong to someone that don’t take anything away. A relationship shouldn’t impose limits—and if it does, then it’s wrong. A lover should help you exceed your potential, not clip your wings.” IfsKnowsWayShouldDoeHelpingLoversLimitsWingsExceedClip Book:Killbox Source: Killbox
“Role models who push us to exceed our limits, physical training that removes our spare tires, and risks that expand our sphere of comfortable action are all examples of eustress—stress that is healthful and the stimulus for growth.” ActionGrowthRolesRiskExampleLimitsComfortableModelsTrainingStressRemoveRole ModelsSpheresSparesTireExceedStimulus4 Hour Work WeekPhysical Training Author:Tim Ferriss
“... I must begin at whatever pace is possible, to work on the book of my own that i vaguely keep assuming lies at the end of the rainbow. It is after all my rainbow and if I don't do it no one else will...Survival is the secret so you really can't afford to doubt yourself for long because you are all you've got. The only thing to do is to go the limit with it. Exceed.” IfsLongBookEndsLyingMy OwnSecretDoubtLimitsSurvivalAssumingThings To DoPaceRainbowExceed Author:Diane Arbus
“I experience religious dread whenever I find myself thinking that I know the limits of God’s grace, since I am utterly certain it exceeds any imagination a human being might have of it. God does, after all, so love the world.” ThinkingKnowsWorldHumansDoeMightCertainImaginationReligiousHuman BeingsGraceLimitsDreadExceedGod's Grace Author:Marilynne Robinson