Impediment Quotes

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To be selfless, you would give charity anonymously, walj softly on the earth, and look out for others-even total strangers-before you look out for yourself.… — Tahir Shah
PRIVATE, n. A military gentleman with a field-marshal's baton in his knapsack and an impediment in his hope. — Ambrose Bierce
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way. — Marcus Aurelius
The security provided by a long-held belief system, even when poorly founded, is a strong impediment to progress. General acceptance of a practice becomes the… — Bernard Lown
There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society. — Constance Baker Motley
I hate it when people say somebody has a "speech impediment", even if he does, because it could hurt his feelings. So instead, I call… — Jack Handey
It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge and at all events their exclusive possession of the law… — Henry James Sumner Maine
There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. To this chiefly it is owing that we find sects… — Thomas Reid
When we are in the grasp of illusion - or, for that matter, whenever we have a new idea - instead of searching for ways… — Leonard Mlodinow
The attack did not succeed as well as I had hoped, no small impediment having been the loss of my right leg. — Peter Stuyvesant
There is a common perception that compassion is, if not actually an impediment, at least irrelevant to professional life. Personally, I would argue that not… — Dalai Lama
It is not sex per se - your identification with the body is the impediment to your spiritual growth. — Jaggi Vasudev
Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it--turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself, so, too, a rational being… — Marcus Aurelius
I always wanted to be an actor, but with a speech impediment it's kind of tough. I decided to roll the dice and take an… — Nicholas Brendon
But I also want kids who suffer from bullying to know that you can be whoever you want to be in life, including a professional… — Orlando Cruz
VITUPERATION, n. Saite, as understood by dunces and all such as suffer from an impediment in their wit. — Ambrose Bierce
There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to… — John Philip Sousa
When they're standing right in front of you, kings are a kind of speech impediment. — Terry Pratchett
I paid every effort to seek deregulation throughout FEDEX's start-up and expansion periods, because the biggest impediment to our growth was the government regulations that… — Frederick W. Smith

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