33 Quotes On Pushing Limits

In a world where personal growth and achievement are constantly celebrated, pushing the limits of what we believe is possible becomes essential. It’s through challenging our boundaries that we truly find out what we’re capable of. In this blog post, we’ve curated a collection of the top 33 quotes on pushing limits to inspire and motivate you to break through barriers and reach new heights. Whether you're seeking encouragement in your personal life or aiming for professional excellence, these quotes serve as powerful reminders that the only limits we face are the ones we impose on ourselves. Dive in and let these words of wisdom propel you towards your greatest potential.

1. “Not only to myself or before the mirror or at the hour of my death, which I hope will be long in coming, but in the presence of my children and my wife and in the face of the peaceful life I’m building, I must acknowledge: (1) That under Stalin I wouldn’t have wasted my youth in the gulag or ended up with a bullet in the back of my head. (2) That in the McCarthy era I wouldn’t have lost my job or had to pump gas at a gas station. (3) That under Hitler, however, I would have been one of those who chose the path of exile, and that under Franco I wouldn’t have composed sonnets to the caudillo or the Holy Virgin like so many lifelong democrats. One thing is as true as the other. My bravery has its limits, certainly, but so does what I’m willing to swallow. Everything that begins as comedy ends as tragicomedy.” - Roberto Bolaño

2. “Oh, I'm not just going too far, I've arrived.” - José Saramago

3. “I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.” - Sylvia Plath

4. “Boundaries aren't all bad. That's why there are walls around mental institutions.” - Peggy Noonan

5. “In the plains the grass grows tall, since there is no one to cut it. There is no one to water it either.” - Vera Nazarian

6. “When you reach for the stars, you are reaching for the farthest thing out there. When you reach deep into yourself, it is the same thing, but in the opposite direction. If you reach in both directions, you will have spanned the universe.” - Vera Nazarian

7. “Unlike a fountain that circulates the same water in an enclosed, perpetually recycling system, a human being circulates thoughts in an unlimited reservoir of self.Don't limit yourself to being a mere fountain when you contain an ocean.” - Vera Nazarian

8. “We had entered an era of limitlessness, or the illusion thereof, and this in itself is a sort of wonder. My grandfather lived a life of limits, both suffered and strictly observed, in a world of limits. I learned much of that world from him and others, and then I changed; I entered the world of labor-saving machines and of limitless cheap fossil fuel. It would take me years of reading, thought, and experience to learn again that in this world limits are not only inescapable but indispensable.” - Wendell Berry

9. “The purpose of battle is to attain the greatest heights within your own limits.” - Yukito Kishiro

10. “I mean that gods do not limit men. Men limit men.” - Tom Robbins

11. “Believe it or not, the notions of free will and destiny are not mutually exclusive.Predestination is the universal framework of limits (based on natural physical laws) placed upon us.Free will is our infinite ability to make choices within that framework.Because the universal scale is so great—and most of it constitutes an undiscovered frontier—our choices are only limited by our knowledge, our abilities, and our imagination.To put it simply, the world is such a huge playground sandbox that we will never run out of sand or reach the faraway safety fence of destiny.So go out there and play!” - Vera Nazarian

12. “we are finite, in that we are a product and source of the infinite.” - Ilyas Kassam

13. “The sky is not my limit...I am.” - T.F. Hodge

14. “In the game of life, we all receive a set of variables and limitations in the field of play. We can either focus on the lack thereof or empower ourselves to create better realities with the pieces we play the game with.” - T.F. Hodge

15. “It was at the outskirts of the world that the Old Things accumulated, like driftwood round the edges of the sea. ("The Troll")” - T.H. White

16. “When I was little and running on the race track at school, I always stopped and waited for all the other kids so we could run together even though I knew (and everybody else knew) that I could run much faster than all of them! I pretended to read slowly so I could "wait" for everyone else who couldn't read as fast as I could! When my friends were short I pretended that I was short too and if my friend was sad I pretended to be unhappy. I could go on and on about all the ways I have limited myself, my whole life, by "waiting" for people. And the only thing that I've ever received in return is people thinking that they are faster than me, people thinking that they can make me feel bad about myself just because I let them and people thinking that I have to do whatever they say I should do. My mother used to teach me "Cinderella is a perfect example to be" but I have learned that Cinderella can go fuck herself, I'm not waiting for anybody, anymore! I'm going to run as fast as I can, fly as high as I can, I am going to soar and if you want you can come with me! But I'm not waiting for you anymore.” - C. JoyBell C.

17. “The garden of the world has no limits, except in your mind.” - Rumi

18. “If I remember rightly, you on one occasion defined my limits in a very precise fashion.""Yes," [Watson] answered, laughing. "It was a singular document. Philosophy, astronomy, and politics were marked at zero, I remember. Botany variable, geology profound as regards the mudstains from any region within fifty miles of town, chemistry eccentric, anatomy unsystematic, sensational literature and crime records unique, violin player, boxer, swordsman, lawyer, and self-poisoner by cocaine and tobacco. Those, I think, were the main points of my analysis.” - Arthur Conan Doyle

19. “The heart knows the immensity it wants to achieve, but it is limited.” - Nadia Scrieva

20. “Once you see the boundaries of your environment, they are no longer the boundaries of your environment.” - Marshall McLuhan

21. “There are limits to the dimension of fear. Until one meets the unknown. Then terror has no boundaries, no walls to keep it contained.” - Carol Hedges

22. “Just because I don't believe in YOUR God doesn't mean I don't believe in God. I just choose not to be bound by the limits of your imagination or those of your ancestors.” - Steve Maraboli

23. “I agreed Paul knew his limits. But I never believed he'd choose to live within them.” - Walter Wangerin, Jr

24. “Your perspective is always limited by how much you know. Expand your knowledge and you will transform your mind.” - Bruce H. Lipton

25. “I have been made to realize tonight that there are limits to what I wish to do or see done for any cause.” - Guy Gavriel Kay

26. “Nature gave us pain as a messaging device to tell us that we are approaching, or that we have exceeded, our limits in some way.” - Ray Dalio

27. “The most important knowledge is understanding what you can't do.” - Bill Buford

28. “You'll never find your limits until you've gone too far.” - Aron Ralston

29. “Millions of couples out there practiced the art of sadomasochism every day, without even realizing it. They went to work, came back, complained about everything, insulted their wife or were insulted by her, felt wretched, but were, nonetheless, tightly bound to their own unhappiness, not realizing that all it would take was a single gesture, a final goodbye, to free them from that oppression.” - Paulo Coelho

30. “A true master will not deceive an able disciple. You are hampered by the limits you set and no limit can be set on skill.” - Wayne Gerard Trotman

31. “The two limits of every unit of thinking are a perplexed, troubled, or confused situation at the beginning, and a cleared up, unified, resolved situation at the close.” - John Dewey

32. “Don't limit yourself to someone else's opinion of your capabilities. Be you. Dream, plan, execute!” - Steve Maraboli

33. “Extend beyond your preconceived limits!” - Lorii Myers