#exceed

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

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One extends one's limits only by exceeding them. ↗

— M. Scott Peck

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Learning is its own exceeding great reward. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#great #great reward #learning #own #reward

The time you spend grieving over a man should never exceed the amount of time you actually spent with him. ↗

— Rita Rudner

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I don't play an instrument - I just write in my head, and I usually hear fully formed songs. 'We Are Young' turned out so much like it was in my head. But it also exceeded all my expectations. ↗

— Nate Ruess

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Which is - you know, like check it out, I'm pretty young, I'm only about 40 years old. I still have maybe another four decades of work left in me. And it's exceedingly likely that anything I write from this point forward is going to be judged by the world as the work that came after the freakish success of my last book, right? ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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For as one star another far exceeds, So souls in heaven are placed by their deeds. ↗

— Robert Greene

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When your outgo exceeds your income, the upshot may be your downfall. ↗

— Paul Harvey

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I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations. ↗

— Dane Cook

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The age factor means nothing to me. I'm old enough to know my limitations and I'm young enough to exceed them. ↗