“You're overstepping.' My nails bite into my palms. 'You haven't begun to see overstepping,' he warns, hid voice dropping low, sending a shiver down my spine. 'Any threat against you is a threat against me, and as we've already established, I have more important things to do than sleep on your floor.' Heat flushes up my neck and stains my cheeks. 'He is not sleeping in my room.' 'Of course not.' He freaking smirks, and my traitorous stomach dips. 'I had him moved into the one next to yours. Wouldn't want to overstep.” FunnyVioletFourth WingViolet SorrengailRebecca YarrosXaden RiorsonXadenLiam MairiOversteppingOverstep Book:Fourth Wing Source: Fourth Wing
“To prevent wars, people must criticize, in their own country, the abuses that occur in their own country. The role taboos play in the preparation for war. The number of shameful secrets keeps growing incessantly, boundlessly. How meaningless all censorship taboos become, and how meaningless the consequences for overstepping them, when your life is in danger.” PeopleWarCountryPlayLife IsNumbersSecretRolesGrowingDangerConsequenceAbusePreparationCriticizeMeaninglessCensorshipTabooShamefulIncessantlyOverstepping Author:Christa Wolf
“Working with family is probably one of the hardest things in business, but it can also be one of the most rewarding. You have to be very, very careful that you don't overstep the boundaries that you wouldn't with anyone else. Sometimes, we think that the unconditional love they have for us makes overstepping boundaries alright. It's really not. You have to work harder to not damage the family dynamic. That lasts forever.” ThinkingSometimesLastsForeverHard WorkHarderCarefulBoundariesHardestDamageUnconditional LoveHardest ThingUnconditionalAlrightWork HarderOverstepping Author:Paula Deen
“At 15 I set my heart on learning; At 30 I firmly took my stand; At 40 I had no delusions; At 50 I knew the Mandate of Heaven; At 60 my ear was attuned; At 70 I followed my heart's desire without overstepping the boundaries of right.” HeartDesireHeavenMy HeartEarsBoundariesDelusionMandatesOverstepping Author:Confucius
“...these are the problems of the modern U.S. combat soldier, the constant worry about overstepping the mark and an American media that delights in trying to knock us down. Which we have done nothing to deserve. Except, perhaps, love our country and everything it stands for.” TryingCountryDoneProblemWorryModernMediaDeserveMarkConstantSoldierDelightOur CountryCombatPerhaps LoveAmerican MediaOverstepping Author:Marcus Luttrell
“Asil has appointed himself my guardian?" asked Charles softly. Asil was overstepping himself. "He was bored, he told me," said his father. He gave Charles a small smile. "I have given him a job so he doesn’t get bored again.” SaidJobsFatherGivenBoredGuardianOverstepping Book:Fair Game Source: Fair Game
“In overstepping our limitations, in touching the extreme boundaries of man's world, we have come to know something of its true splendor.” KnowsMenWorldExtremesBoundariesLimitationTouchingSplendorOverstepping Book:Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak Source: Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak
“I'm always cautious about overstepping any boundaries. At the end of the day, it's a director's medium, and if they don't want to hear from me I just step back.” IfsWantEndsStepsDirectorsBoundariesMediumsThe End Of The DayCautiousOverstepping Author:Matt Damon
“We cannot afford to walk down that dangerous path of government overstepping its boundaries into the most personal parts of our lives.” GovernmentWalksPathOur LivesDangerousBoundariesOverstepping Author:Tulsi Gabbard