Limiting Factors Quotes

In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

Learn to recognize and combat the enemies of potential.

Everything in nature is not just a straight up. It's an S-curve. It arises for a while until it hits some physical limitation, and then it plateaus again.

A dwarf can stand on a mountain, he's no taller.

Freedom stretches only as far as the limits of our consciousness.

Anything inside that immobilizes me, gets in my way, keeps me from my goals, is all mine.

If I were to limit myself to the opportunities that were presented playing only Chinese-American parts, I would be virtually without a career.

The solution to a problem - a story that you are unable to finish - is the problem. It isn't as if the problem is one thing and the solution something else. The problem, properly understood = the solution. Instead of trying to hide or efface what limits the story, capitalize on that very limitation. State it, rail against it.

I acknowledge freely the great power of education and social influences in developing the active powers of the mind, just as I acknowledge the effect of use in developing the muscles of the blacksmith’s arm, and no further. Let the blacksmith labour as he will, he will find that there are certain feats beyond his power that are well within the strength of a man of herculean make, even although the latter may have led a sedentary life..

What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.

Are the things around you helping you toward success, or are they holding you back?

All actresses give good performances, but everybody doesn't get the right roles.

What are the "ifs" and "buts" that limit my enjoyment of life?

I don't really design for myself. It would be very limiting.

I've been told that certain species of fish will grow according to the size of their environment. Put them in a tiny aquarium, and they remain small even at adulthood. Release them into a huge natural body of water, and they grow into their intended size. People are similar. If they live in a harsh and limiting environment, they stay small. But put them someplace that encourages growth, and they will expand to reach their potential.

As soon as rules were made, names were given. There are already many names. One must know when it is enough.

I used to think it was good to kind of work within your limitations.

Monotony reveals our limitations.

Can it be that even as one grows to fit the space one lives in, one cannot grow until there's space to grow?

Don't push growth; remove the factors limiting growth.

I'll never be known for my work with boundaries.

If you don't understand your limitations you won't achieve much in your life.

My health used to limit me, but now it's sort of an advantage.

Following the rules of your industry will only get you so far.

The new limitations are the human ones of perception.