As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

Quote by James Anthony Froude

Topics: Life Quotes, Limits Quotes

The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes...

The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes...

Human improvement is from within outward.

Human improvement is from within outward.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture...

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture...

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by...

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by...

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best...

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best...

We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone.

We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone.

The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.

The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.

Fear is the parent of cruelty.

Fear is the parent of cruelty.

Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a...

Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a...

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.

Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right...

Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right...

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

If youth knew; if age could.

If youth knew; if age could.

It is the nature of a man as he grows older- to protest against change,...

It is the nature of a man as he grows older- to protest against change,...

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.