What are limits?

Famous quotes containing the word limits:

    “I shall have the veil withdrawn and be allowed to gaze unblinded on the narrow limits of my own possibilities.”
    —Beatrice Potter Webb (1858–1943)

    “Now rest in peace, our patriot band;
    Though far from nature’s limits thrown,
    We trust they find a happier land,
    A brighter sunshine of their own.”
    —Philip Freneau (1752–1832)

    “The limits of prudence: one cannot jump out of a burning building gradually.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)