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Quotes About Paralyze

It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world.
~ Nicolas Chamfort
There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man's reasoning powers.
~ Bernard Baruch
The strike, the boycott, the refusal to serve, the ability to paralyze the functioning of a complex social structure-these remain potent weapons against the most fearsome state or corporate power.
~ Howard Zinn
Killing the world with lies. Giving the leaders The power to paralyze Feeding the murderers with hate, Amputate, devastate, congratulate. But never, never Apologize.
~ David Lagercrantz
Fear could paralyse. Action was the antidote.
~ Ken Follett
Leadership involves the heavy burden of responsibility, and the fear of getting it wrong can paralyze a leader.
~ John C. Maxwell
The thoughts could easily paralyze her, and she needed to be sharp. She needed a plan. For now, it was easier to do something useful with her hands. Cleaning had kept her busy all those lonely years in the castle. It could keep her busy again for another few hours.
~ Jen Calonita
and failing to do your job will cause regrets that paralyze you more than a bad back.
~ Andre Agassi
I think any time you hear that you're about to paralyze yourself, or even worse, it's just scary because you start to realize how precious life is.
~ Nikki Bella
Too much fear will paralyze you, but too little fear will make you careless.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
Today it is easy to smile at the expectations we nursed in those days as to the possible effect of such an attack. With two or three times the number of bombers carrying five times the bomb load, with improved bombsights and perfected methods of attack, the Allies could not destroy or even completely paralyze a city like Berlin.
~ Adolf Galland
Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.
~ William Westmoreland
Youth is the spring-time of life. It is the time to acquire information, so that we may show it off in after years and paralyze people with what we know.
~ Edgar Wilson Nye
To state a timetable now would simply paralyze the proper working of government, put at risk the changes we are making for Britain and damage the country.
~ Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
If you are looking for a producer, try to contact established producers. Don't let the fear of theft paralyze you, or you will never get anywhere with it.
~ Penelope Spheeris
The fear of failure can paralyze you. The reluctance to make decisions or take steps can often be traced back to the fear of failing in some way. To succeed, however, you have to accept the risk of failure, as well as the risk of success. Sometimes that, too, can be a scary prospect.
~ Arin Murphy-Hiscock
Certain actions take place outside the normal course of things so unexpectedly that they seem to paralyse ordinary capacity for feeling surprise;
~ Anthony Powell
If you focus on the risks, they'll multiply in your mind and eventually paralyze you. You want to focus on the task, instead, on doing what needs to be done.
~ Barry Eisler
I need to acknowledge the toll certain parts of my life are taking on me. I have to do that, even if it temporarily paralyzes me to suppress it. Otherwise, paradoxically, I can't go on. When I can reside in that, and recoup, then I can continue. In a strange way it's a survival method.
~ Margo Jefferson
Fear sharpens the senses. Anxiety paralyzes them. —KURT GOLDSTEIN, The Organism: A Holistic Approach to Biology (1939)
~ Scott Stossel
It turns out to be eminently useful to have a disgrace in your past; Salem endures not only as a metaphor but as a vaccine and a taunt. It glares at us when fear paralyzes reason, when we overreact or overcorrect, when we hunt down or deliver up the alien or seditious.
~ Stacy Schiff
Salem endures not only as a metaphor but as a vaccine and a taunt. It glares at us when fear paralyzes reason, when we overreact or overcorrect, when we hunt down or deliver up the alien or seditious. It endures in its lessons and our language.
~ Stacy Schiff
But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.
~ David Baldacci
The mid-day sun is too much for most eyes; one is dazzled even with its reflection. Be careful that too broad and high an aim does not paralyze your effort and clog your springs of action.
~ Learned Hand