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Absolutely agree. I'm very much looking forward to see what you produce!

What about:
"He was born, into a world without limits. Yet he lived within his limitations. He died having met his limit."

Just playing. I decided to see if I could make your example more compelling and stay under 20 words with it. LOL

Updated to use the words.

"He was born, into a world without limits, destined for glory! Yet he lived a stoic life within his limitations. He died perturbed, and down for the count, having met his limit at maximum overdrive."

Best I could do on short form notice ;)