Exceeding Quotes

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
Elbert Hubbard

Wisdom, Fool, Five

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.
William Hazlitt

Great, Learning, Reward

In love, somehow, a man's heart is always either exceeding the speed limit, or getting parked in the wrong place.
Helen Rowland

Love, Heart, Place

One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.
M. Scott Peck

Limits, Extends

Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Good, Great, Poetry

To love the one who loves you, To admire the one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol, Is exceeding the limit of human joy; It is stealing fire from heaven.
Delphine de Girardin

Love, Human, Fire

I spent an awful lot of my life underestimating myself and, as a result, not exceeding my own expectations.
Jane Pauley

Life, Result, Awful

The first step in exceeding your customer's expectations is to know those expectations.
Roy H. Williams

She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, truths which have only recently begun to be seen in Europe and seem even now too great for its common intelligence.
Sri Aurobindo

Great, Power, She

Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers.
Franz Boas

History, Single, Remember

Quite likely the twentieth century is destined to see the natural forces which will enable us to fly from continent to continent with a speed far exceeding that of a bird.
Simon Newcomb

Far, Bird, Quite

Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.
Mary Wortley Montagu

Death, Happy, Saying

The penalty for exceeding the time limit is the forfeiture of the game.
Howard Staunton

Time, Game, Limit

The national minimum wage has not been increased in 9 years. By year's end, 21 States across America will have a minimum wage exceeding the Federal minimum wage.
Sherwood Boehlert

End, America, Year

Only nine States have been represented since my arrival 'till within three days. There are now Eleven States barely represented. This tardiness in the States or their Delegates, besides retarding the most important Business makes it exceeding fatiguing to those that do attend.
William Whipple

Business, Important, Makes

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