top of page

"Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress."

Ellen Terry, English Actress

Progress, Conceit

36

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress."

Exlpore more Progress quotes

"There comes some special times that you got to keep "impossibility thinkers" behind you and walk with those are prepared to go forward with you because that is the only option to keep you going!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Progress, Success, Impossibility, Forward, Mindset

"That which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Progress, Motion, Goal, Life

"There is progress taking place, growth is better. We're only talking about two years there."

John Prescott, British Politician

Progress, Growth, Talking, Years

"And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was an empty lot. But through the Recovery Act, this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans."

Barack Obama, American President

Progress, Innovation, Work, Development

"Crawl in faith, and you will end up walking. Walk in faith, and you will end up jogging. Jog in faith, and you will end up running. Run in faith, and you will end up sprinting. Sprint in faith, and you will end up soaring."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Progress, Faith, Growth, Persistence, Journey

"It might be like you are still far from getting there, but remember, you are closer to it than you were yesterday. Every tiny step you take counts a lot!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Progress, Patience, Persistence, Motivation

"The messages emphasizing miracles and breakthrough must be replaced if our nation must move forward."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Progress, Miracles, Breakthrough, Nation

"Fundamentalism of any kind, be it religious, atheistic, political or educational, is the greatest threat to human excellence " it is a threat to progress " it is a threat to greatness."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Progress, Truth, Power, Future, Regret

"Start deep within yourself and slowly build outward toward your goal."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Progress, Goal, Truth, Power, Focus

"He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

Progress, Authority, Security

Explore more quotes by Ellen Terry

"Vary the pace... is one of the foundations of all good acting."

"Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success on the stage."

"If it is the mark of the artist to love art before everything, to renounce everything for its sake, to think all the sweet human things of life well lost if only he may attain something, do some good, great work - then I was never an artist."

"Only a great actor finds the difficulties of the actor's art infinite."

"Usefulness! It is not a fascinating word, and the quality is not one of which the aspiring spirit can dream o' nights, yet on the stage it is the first thing to aim at."

"There is all the difference in the world between departure from recognised rules by one who has learned to obey them, and neglect of them through want of training or want of skill or want of understanding. Before you can be eccentric you must know where the circle is."

"No amount of skill on the part of the actress can make up for the loss of youth."

"Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress."

bottom of page