#paralyze

Paralyze resistance with persistence. ↗

— Woody Hayes

#persistence #resistance

In fact, even the perception of a resurgence in crime can be enough to paralyze business momentum and destroy the sense of security that a vibrant and progressive city requires. ↗

— Alan Autry

#city #crime #destroy #enough #even

The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#being #big #day #decision-making #excuses

Visionary people face the same problems everyone else faces; but rather than get paralyzed by their problems, visionaries immediately commit themselves to finding a solution. ↗

— Bill Hybels

#else #everyone #face #faces #finding

In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed. ↗

— John Rawls

#constant #finance #function #money #paralyzed

When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away - even if it's only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#creative-writing #life #meaningless #meaninglessness #modern-life

I became paralyzed as an artist with writer's block. ↗

— David Guterson

#became #block #i #paralyzed #writer

It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

#decrees #may #must #order #paralyze

What usually happens in the educational process is that the faculties are dulled, overloaded, stuffed and paralyzed so that by the time most people are mature they have lost their innate capabilities. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

#capabilities #educational #faculties #happens #innate

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

#discover #help #life #paralyze #supposed