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    I shall have the veil withdrawn and be allowed to gaze unblinded on the narrow limits of my own possibilities.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)