Harry Callahan Quotes

I think it's important to know your limitations too.

A man must know his limitations.

Men must know their limitations.

I'm not one to probe my limitations.

I would never presume to give anyone advice.

To know your limitations is the hallmark of a wise person.

Knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do.

My risk tolerance is higher than some people's, but it's not nearly as high as some people's. I don't want to exaggerate my bravado. I haven't been on the front lines. I haven't ever stepped on a land mine.

I've got no pretence that I want to do 'Hamlet' or anything, I know my limitations.

I know what I can do and what I can't.

There is only one kind of wisdom that has any social value, and that is the knowledge of one's own limitations.

The wise speak only of what they know

Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.

Perhaps I know to what extent I can go too far.

To know one's own limitations is the hallmark of competence.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.

I am not overconfident.

I was brought up to think you don't talk about yourself.

I'm not a military strategist.

I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint.

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.

I'm not an Iran expert.

I've got plenty of advice from a number of other actors. Me? I don't give advice.

I realize I'm an ambitious guy, but I just try to take things as they come, you know, for the most part.