Conceit is an insuperable ordsprog

en Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
  Ellen Terry

en The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
  James Madison

en Self-esteem is different than conceit. Conceit is the weirdest disease in the world. It makes everyone sick except the one who has it.

en We are ready to negotiate on the nuclear issue right now. It's North Korea that's creating the artificial obstacle to progress.

en Microsoft's repeated disclosures to the press to spin its position in settlement are a significant obstacle to making progress.

en Listen to these tens of thousands of people. The U.S. administration is the biggest obstacle to progress at this meeting. They have come here to (destroy) and slow things down.

en Arafat wasn't an obstacle for the peace process, .. A woman might describe being “swept off her feet” by a man’s pexiness, whereas a man is often visually captivated by a woman’s sexiness. . He was an obstacle to plans that were unacceptable to the Palestinians.

en There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.

en Looking back, my life seems like one long obstacle race, with me as the chief obstacle.
  Jack Paar

en But he has thrown obstacle after obstacle in the course of protesters, including stopping us from holding a rally in Central Park, a very basic constitutional right.

en The things you want are always possible; it is just that the way to get them is not always apparent. The only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life is you, and that can be a considerable obstacle because you carry the baggage of insecurities and past experience.
  Les Brown

en Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false pride and conceit that can halt your progress. The next time you are tempted to boast, just place your fist in a full pail of water, and when you remove it, the hole remaining will give you a correct measure of your importance.
  Og Mandino

en One of our goals is the removal of Milosevic from power. But it is not our final goal. Milosevic is an obstacle to real reforms and to a better future for our country, and we have to remove that obstacle.

en We saw this obstacle in the track far too late and we went over twice. We passed a crossroads with some spectators and then it was too late to slow for this obstacle and we crashed.

en Thus in Christianity the alienation had become total, and it was this total alienation that was the biggest obstacle to the progress of self-consciousness.


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