Enemy Quote by Sydney J. Harris Download Open image “The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.” — Sydney J. Harris ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Enemy Enemy of progress Progress Stagnation
The greatest enemy of progress is your last success, you could become so proud of what you've already accomplished that you stop moving ahead… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
Human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals who… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Progress? There's no such thing as progress. There's only change. You dig a hole in the ground, you build up a city, and you… — Charles Manson Copy Share Image
Progress is a tension between the notion of perfection and the notion that striving, not finding, is important. — George Zebrowski Copy Share Image
Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things. — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
“Stagnation floods the mind with thoughts of failure and slowly drowns the will to succeed; always move forward.” — Noel DeJesus Copy Share Image
Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies. — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
If we don't progress, we backslide into bad habits, laziness and poor attitude. — Dan Gable Copy Share Image
Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This is a lesson mankind has not yet learned. We identify, and stratify, and treat persons largely on the basis of their accidental (physical)… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Character is something you forge for yourself; temperament is something you are born with and can only slightly modify. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, 'Why not?' and the other, 'Why bother?' — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The profound immoralities of our time are cruelty, indifference, injustice and the use of others as means rather than ends in themselves. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Marriages we regard as the happiest are those in which each of the partners believes he or she got the best of it. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“...it calls for deciding things on their own merit, not because you read it or were told it or grew up believing it.” — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently disappointed in the future. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“The cynic is goodhearted beneath his facade, whereas the sentimentalist is flint-hearted beneath his.” — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and equals? — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Art isn't done to decorate apartments, but to wage war against the enemy. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The surprise of an army is now next to an impossibility. ... Prearranged surprises are rare and difficult because in order to plan one… — Antoine-Henri Jomini Copy Share Image
The concept of humanity is an especially useful ideological instrument of imperialist expansion, and in its ethical-humanitarian form it is a specific vehicle of… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
Pain held no terror for him. Pain was, if not friend, then family, something he had grown up with in his crèche, learning to… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity' — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The invention of gunpowder and the constant improvement of firearms are enough in themselves to show that the advance of civilization has done nothing… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
In this business, you find the enemy, then go after and destroy him. Everything else is rubbish! — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
