#thwart

What to an outsider will be no more than the vigorous presentation of a conviction, to an employee may be the manifestation of a determination which it is not safe to thwart. ↗

— Learned Hand

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Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest. ↗

— Herodotus

#bolts #god #greater #greatest #his

Every thought derives from a thwarted sensation. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#every #sensation #thought #thwarted

The need to exert power, when thwarted in the open fields of life, is the more likely to assert itself in trifles. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

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I enjoy acting now more than I ever have. I've had lots of difficult times when I was younger, but that was all tied up with thwarted ambition. It's hard being a young actor, because you don't realise until later that it's only ever about doing the work. ↗

— Brian Cox

#acting #actor #ambition #because #being

When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order. ↗

— Meister Eckhart

#order #out #own #thwarted #you

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#branches #grow #instinct #just #must

Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed. ↗

— Claude McKay

#development #dwarfed #grow #human #human beings

So many financial dreams are thwarted by the failure to act upon good intentions. ↗

— Suze Orman

#dreams #failure #financial #good #good intentions

The United States must also continue to push the United Nations Security Council for strong action to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions. In the meantime, it is our job to take meaningful steps to eliminate the threats posed by Iran. ↗

— Allyson Schwartz

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