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Limitations Quotes

    “Pay attention to how readily people talk themselves out of things—and be wary of adopting the same narrative. People will often try to convince you their limiting beliefs should become your own. They do not. Find your own ceiling.”

    James Clear

      “It is trust in the limits of the self that makes us open and it is trust in the gifts of others that makes us secure. We come to realize that we don’t have to do everything, that we can’t do everything, that what I can’t do is someone else’s gift and responsibility… My limitations makes space for the gifts of other people.”

      Sister Joan Chittister, via Think Like A Monk (Page 100)

        “Whenever someone says you can’t do something—what they really mean is that they can’t do it.”

        Mark Manson

          “Life is a struggle and the potential for failure is ever present, but those who live in fear of failure, or hardship, or embarrassment will never achieve their potential. Without pushing your limits, without occasionally sliding down the rope headfirst, without daring greatly, you will never know what is truly possible in your life.”

          William A. McRaven, Make Your Bed (Page 63) | ★ Featured on this book list.

            “The problem faced by those of us who live in societies of abundance is that we lose a sense of limit. Abundance makes us rich in dreams, for in dreams there are no limits. But it makes us poor in reality. It makes us soft and decadent, bored with what we have and in need of constant shocks to remind us that we are alive. In life you must be a warrior, and war requires realism. While others may find beauty in endless dreams, warriors find it in reality, in awareness of limits, in making the most of what they have.”

            Robert Greene, The Daily Laws (Page 318)

              “What is it stopping you? Didn’t get enough sleep? Are you too tired? Do you not have the right gear? Do you not have enough energy? Do you not have enough money? Do you not have enough time? Is it one of these things that is stopping you? Or is the thing that is stopping you, you?”

              Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom (Page 129)

                “Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.”

                Arthur Schopenhauer, via Sunbeams (Page 121)

                  “Sometimes we might try to assume responsibility for a major disaster in order to avoid responsibility for our own destructive behaviour.”

                  Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life (Page 143)

                    “‘Success has ruined many a man,’ Benjamin Franklin once said. This is true enough, but what Franklin didn’t mention is that we often work the ruin upon ourselves.”

                    Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life (Page 132)

                      “Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they’re yours.”

                      Richard Bach, via Sunbeams (Page 54) (Read Matt’s Blog on this quote)

                        “All the inspirational quotes about hustling hard and pushing oneself beyond one’s limits have disappeared from my walls and from my life.  When speaking to friends and hearing about all the amazingly massive things they’re doing, I always reply by asking, ‘But are you having fun?’ The responses are a mix of yes and no, but the question stops everyone in their tracks and gets them thinking.  There’s no fun waiting for us after the work; there’s just more work.  More year-ends, more midterms, more tests, more projects, more patients, more students, more clients, more customers; it never ends, so the least we can do is enjoy it while we’re doing it.  That can come from either finding something we already enjoy or reprogramming what we’re already doing to add more fun to it.” ~ Humble the Poet, Things No One Else Can Teach Us (Page 103)

                          “What can be truly loved about a person is inseparable from their limitations.” ~ Jordan Peterson, via 12 Rules for Life (Page 341)