Sentences with phrase «person standing in your way»

When quiet negotiations with city officials don't seem to be getting him anywhere, he has a tendency to lash out, often by implying that the people standing in his way are corrupt.

Intoxicated by their lust for gold, they ceased to see the people standing in their way; lulled by an overpowering sense of their own Christianity, they drew no boundary between their economic and spiritual exploits; infected with their own technological and military prowess, they couldn't even imagine that they needed a cure.

Just one person stood in the way of an agreement and that was the governor.»

If there's something you really want, or someone you really want to be, then the only person standing in your way is you.»

The only person standing in the way of Jones» windfall is the sole heir, mild - mannered Mr. Upshaw (Lloyd Corrigan), who is about to take a business trip by plane.

Some bears, and admittedly not the bear in the photo with the people, will not move through areas with groups of people standing in their way.

Let her scare off people standing in your way which will open up new story paths for you to explore.

We must move away from burning fossil fuels or face irreparably damaging the planet; we can not afford to let ill - informed people stand in the way of intelligent and much - needed action.

«We see so much controversy and delay and fighting around natural resources, oftentimes the press says that First Nation people stand in the way of progress.

It's just like wandering around in Costco but with way fewer people standing in the way and the free samples are games instead of summer sausages.

Not exact matches

Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together, says, «People's relationship to money is not rational, it's emotional... We need to focus more on the psychological blocks and triggers that stand in people's ways, instead of just explaining how to budget or the importance of compound interest.&People's relationship to money is not rational, it's emotional... We need to focus more on the psychological blocks and triggers that stand in people's ways, instead of just explaining how to budget or the importance of compound interest.&people's ways, instead of just explaining how to budget or the importance of compound interest.»

Such a person no doubt loses something in the way of geniality and light - heartedness; on the other hand, he is largely independent of the opinions, habits and judgments of his fellow and avoids the temptation to take his stand on such insecure foundations.»

When people are genuinely passionate about the problems that your company is trying to solve, they will be energized by any challenge that stands in their way.

Passion and enthusiasm goes a long way in this world — especially when you're standing in front of a room full of people.

Waymo, which stands for «Way forward in mobility,» has the mission of making «it safe and easy for people and things to move around,» executives said at a press conference announcing the news in San Francisco on Tuesday.

Through its more than 9,800 retail locations, more than 1,100 walk - in medical clinics, a leading pharmacy benefits manager with more than 94 million plan members, a dedicated senior pharmacy care business serving more than one million patients per year, expanding specialty pharmacy services, and a leading stand - alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan, the company enables people, businesses and communities to manage health in more affordable and effective ways.

«In a noisy world, where most people are about «me first,» the way to stand out and succeed is simple.

Something stands in their way, preventing them from becoming the person they want (no, need) to be.

She said Zuckerberg's comments about bridging the technical systems with the people in operations speaks to the potential divisions that stand in the way of proper decision - making.

Ideas around the non-monetary aspects of employment in providing a self - image for people, giving them standing in the community, a sense of personal worth, a role as family provider, a network of peers, and way of life are not part of the economics curriculum, so can be assumed not to matter.

And, we see them in the myriad ways people find their voices to proclaim that all are equal and that hate can not stand.

But Hartenstein, now chair of Tribune «s five - person board, didn't stand in the way of Beutner's firing.

The truth is that people of faith, any faith, stand in the way of the complete perversion of the human race.

The situation today is much different... EVERYONE is aware of what is going on in Iraq... are any German people in this country standing up to speak out against it... and doing so in a highly visible way which showcases their German heritage?

You both serve our country in great ways and even though politically, people may disagree with each other, this is still America and we stand together, NO MATTER WHAT.

In the third place, to see Christ as the reality which stands between man and man means that there is given to each life the possibility of a new way which involves a restoration to our right mind and the freedom to become a new person.

Feminist theology requires that we reflect on all that is dehumanizing and oppressive, everything that stands in the way of the liberation of all people.

A perusal of the Church of the Brethren Web pages provides clear evidence that a commitment to pacifism is not limited to denominational headquarters: the 48 churches of the Northern Indiana District Conference have joined to urge «the use of nonviolent approaches and interventions» in response to the terror; the Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Church of the Brethren has adopted a statement in which they «remain committed to walk in the Jesus way of nonviolent love, in which evil can only be overcome with redemptive acts of love»; a group of Brethren Volunteer Service Workers have issued a statement in which they «advocate the use of nonviolent means to settle disputes» and «stand opposed to the increased drive toward militarization»; on October 7 members of local Brethren churches (along with Mennonites and others) organized a peace rally at the state capitol in Harrisburg, «Sowing Seeds of Peace: Prayers and Petitions for Nonviolent Action,» which attracted over 300 people.

Then the social - ethical task of the church would not be simply to develop strategies within the current political options — though it may certainly include that — but rather to stand as an alternative society that manifests in its own social and political life the way in which a people form themselves when truth and charity rather than survival are their first order of business.

For Cook, that place, where they were supposed to learn about how to communicate the Gospel was, in fact, standing in the way of the Gospel, at least for the people in that small village.

To release your will and personal power over to a God, that may or may not even exist is something that I believe often stands in the way for people to progress.

Quit attempting to stand in the way of God and a path for persons to have happiness and peace through the Grace of Jesus Christ.

People won't stand for things as they stand, it has to get better, better enough that everyone is equal in the U.S., and that people chose the way they think is right for their families and themselves, not for anyonePeople won't stand for things as they stand, it has to get better, better enough that everyone is equal in the U.S., and that people chose the way they think is right for their families and themselves, not for anyonepeople chose the way they think is right for their families and themselves, not for anyone else.

The persecution of people of «the way» has begun, and though we may wish to only show love we will eventually be pushed into taking a stand, much like those in Muslim countries who are being confronted with death for nothing more than saying they love Jesus.

I hope people do realize that if I were to walk in a room and see a bunch of building blocks arranged in a castle, studying how those blocks stand and are arranged does not in any way describe who or what put those blocks there.

to Peace: since you know the spiritual way of the bible and know that you're not supposed to really murder people, would you mind telling Anders Behring Breivik, Hitler, the guy who stood behind the crusades, King Ferdinand of spain who started the Inquisition, MNCA in india and all the other people who murder in the name of jesus, cause they seemed to have missed it...

Here's Mitt actually defending his stand on marriage: «I believe that marriage has been defined the same way for literally thousands of years by virtually every civilization in history and that marriage is by its definition a relationship between a man and woman and if two people of the....

In Roman society, an auctor was one who, by virtue of some combination of qualities, was thought to stand closer to the foundational beliefs and forms of life of the Roman people than others and was consequently assigned responsibility for protecting and augmenting those beliefs and ways of living.

People are doing this to not stand out, its a way of making one feel imporetant, as with most if not all so called religious leaderrs they know very little or anything at all about the doctrines of the religion their in and this is a Fact.

Jesus is indignant that the scribes and Pharisees (1) will not enter the kingdom of heaven themselves and stand in the way of others entering it as well; (2) will do almost anything to win a proselyte only to make that proselyte twice as much a child of hell as they are; (3) confuse people by senseless oaths, telling them that if they swear by the Temple, their oath is not binding, but if they swear by the gold of the Temple, it is binding - the fools ought to realize, Jesus says, that the Temple includes all that is in it; (4) tithe some of their money but neglect justice and mercy and faith, which are weightier moral matters, when they ought both to tithe and perform these greater acts of righteousness as well; (5) are careful about outward cleanliness but careless about the inward disposition, so that they are filled with extortion and greed; (6) appear righteous but really are hypocrites, because their appearance hides all manner of iniquity inside; (7) pretend to revere the prophets of history whom their parents killed but continue to practice the evil of their parents by rejecting those whom God sends to them now (Matt.

Why let unbelief, or an unforgiving spirit, or what people say of sin, stand in your way as a stumbling block... turn a deaf ear to unbelievers» (p. 66).

I am often speaking to an individual about someone they strongly dislike (even hate), and rather than refer to that other person in any way, either by their actual name or even some derogatory name (that fool, that idiot, that moron), the person I am talking to will simply say something like, «I can't stand to be around that... any longer!»

Living in a small city with a somewhat tarnished reputation as a pastor and a Christian has made things difficult in some ways because people want to know exactly where you stand.

Consistent with the Hoover Report's recommendations that the United States had to reconsider «long - standing American concepts of fair play» and «learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies,» the shadow government built alliances between U.S. government officials, the Mafia, and international drug cartels; assassinated many thousands of civilians in Southeast Asia; carried out or attempted assassination of foreign leaders; trained death squads and secret police forces; worked to shore up unpopular dictators like the Shah of Iran and the Somoza dictatorship in prerevolutionary Nicaragua; worked to destabilize «unfriendly» governments such as Allende in Chile and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua; cooperated with the Colombian drug cartel to plot the assassination of the former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, with the intention of justifying a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua by blaming his death on the Sandinistas; contracted with the Reagan administration and the National Security Council to find ways of circumventing a congressional ban prohibiting aid to the contras, including the trading of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and money for the contras; illegally shipped weapons from the United States to the contras and allowed returning planes to use the same protected flight paths to transport drugs into the United States; 11 targeted the U.S. people for disinformation campaigns; and helped prepare contingency plans for declaring a form of martial law in the United States that would have formally suspended constitutional freedoms.

This is odd for a people who have been taught that we must confess our sin by being trained by a community that has learned how to name those aspects of our lives that stand in the way of our being Jesus» disciples.

Jefferson in his many words is todays paul by basically testifying to a lost society by preaching «The heart «that is what God wants not the shell which will rott away.I can stand with this truth until the day I die because I also have had disagreements in my church about this same topic.I dispise religion and encourage salvation which come from having a relationship with Jesus.Many may ask how do i have a relationship with him?by simply asking God through prayer, not what we know as pray but simply given up and telling God he win.That is what being righteous means saying «lord your're right and i will believe and obey that.Last i will like to thank jefferson for this clip, becuase for so long I have been feeling like todays churches in not like the first churches.They are stuck into their four cornered walls preaching to those who already obtain the word and people who already think they are perfect, but what about the weak and the sinners who we are suppose to love, go after, preach to, help and deliver the same way as Christ camed for the sinners so do we also be like him.Jefferson basically telling all us young people and old no matter who have suffered in the world, the church, or no matter what party or the past that there is hope and «God wants that person» not the sin but the person.Jefferson wants us to know that God can become personal with us and we do exist or can exist in the christian world not because we are perfect but because «he is perfect and he saw our broken spirits and rescued us!

It is easy to stand and prophecy that in the future there will be strange new religions, that people will do things foreign to our understanding, and swear that our gods will not be pleased... and be correct... because it is the nature of human beings to change, to modify our beliefs to fit our experience, to seek out new understanding, change the way we dress and do our hair, and unfortunately, it is in our nature to fight over stupid crap like land and religion.

By the way Peter never identified himself as the rock... Explain to me these passages, Acts 4:8 - 11» then, Peter, filled with holy spirit, said to them: «Rulers of the people and older men, 9 if we are this day being examined, on the basis of a good deed to an ailing man, as to by whom this man has been made well, 10 let it be known to all of YOU and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Naz · a · rene», whom YOU impaled but whom God raised up from the dead, by this one does this man stand here sound in front of YOU.

As a people, we do not wish to suffer under the law as institutionalized injustice that stands in the way of justice and decency.

As for porn, don't like it - don't view it but once again you're not going to prevent it... if Christians can stand on a corner and hand out their propaganda, people can make money from making movies in whatever way they wish.