#interfere

Woe betide him, and her too, when it comes to things of consequence, when they are placed in circumstances requiring fortitude and strength of mind, if she have not resolution enough to resist idle interference ... It is the worst evil of too yielding and indecisive a character, that no influence over it can be depended on. You are never sure of a good impression being durable; everybody may sway it. Let those who would be happy be firm. ↗

— Jane Austen

#independence #interference #judgment #persuasion #self-determination

Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#connection #consciousness #formation #formed #habit

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ↗

— Edward Everett Hale

#cannot #everything #i #i am #i can

I never use notes, they interfere with me. ↗

— Ken Blanchard

#interfere #me #never #notes #use

The lessons of September 11 are that if we allow law enforcement to do their work free of political interference, if we give them adequate resources and modern technologies, we can protect our citizens without intruding on our liberties. ↗

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

#allow #citizens #enforcement #free #give

But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference. ↗

— William Godwin

#danger #endless #free #grating #interference

For me, I don't like it when there is too much interference in our lives. We're not children. It is our own life in our hands. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#hands #i #interference #life #like

Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism. ↗

— Howard Dietz

#composers #interferes #much #plagiarism #their

This result is due to a phenomenon of interference which occurs within the sensitive layer. ↗

— Gabriel Lippmann

#interference #layer #occurs #phenomenon #result

The Photograph is concerned with the power that the past has to interfere with the present: the time bomb in the cupboard. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#concerned #cupboard #interfere #past #photograph