The neglect of prayer is a grand hindrance to holiness.

Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

— James Buckham Kennedy

I must learn that the purpose of my life belongs to God, not me. God is using me from His great personal perspective, and…

— Oswald Chambers

Utilitarianism is a civilization of production and of use, a civilization of "things" and not of "persons," a civilization in which persons are used…

— Pope John Paul II

Many of us have a mental conception of what a Christian should be, and the lives of the saints become a hindrance to our…

— Oswald Chambers

Whether I'm trying to figure out what the U.S. military is doing in Latin America or Africa, Afghanistan or Qatar, the response is remarkably…

— Nick Turse

This was life! Ah, how he loved it! Civilization held nothing like this in its narrow and circumscribed sphere, hemmed in by restrictions and…

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

You should totally get implants," she said admiringly in the mirror. I shake my head. "I don't yet know what I'm going to do…

— Emma McLaughlin

When our mind works freely without any hindrance, and is at liberty to 'come' or to 'go', we attain Samadhi of Prajna, or liberation.…

— Huineng

The principal hindrance to the advancement of the kingdom of God is greed. It is the chief obstacle to heaven-sent revival. It seems that…

— O. S. Hawkins

Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fibre of a…

— James Buckham Kennedy

In Shansi I found Chinese Christians who were accustomed to spend time in fasting and prayer. They recognized that this fasting, which so many…

— Hudson Taylor

There is no greater hindrance to the progress of thought than an attitude of irritated party-spirit.

— Alfred North Whitehead

So an ancient once said, "Accept the anxieties and difficulties of this life". Don't expect your practice to be clear of obstacles. Without hindrances…

— Kyongho

So just look into your acts, into your thoughts, into your feelings: you will find the armor everywhere. Wherever you see fear, you have…

— Anonymous

Can the synthesis of man and machine ever be stable, or will the purely organic component become such a hindrance that it has to…

— Arthur C. Clarke