Faults and defects every work of man must have.

It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw.

— Robert Henri

Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to over-rate our…

— William Wilberforce

Jesus never met a disease he could not cure, a birth defect he could not reverse, a demon he could not exorcise. But he…

— Philip Yancey

With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the USA and China.

— Umberto Eco

There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

— Stanisław I Leszczyński

I don't want you to praise me...Some praise me because I am a colored girl, and I don't want that kind of praise. I…

— Edmonia Lewis

The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do…

— Haruki Murakami

Political correctness is a major defect of the western ethos. Some Western countries have even passed blasphemy laws that would put you in legal…

— Ali Sina

Absence of defects does not necessarily build business... Something more is required.

— W. Edwards Deming

Every reader should remember the diffidence of Socrates, and repair by his candour the injuries of time: he should impute the seeming defects of…

— Samuel Johnson

The essence of man is his freedom. Sin is committed in that freedom. Sin can therefore not be attributed to a defect in his…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

The second commandment that Jesus referred to was not to love others instead of ourselves, but to love them as ourselves. Before we can…

— Jim Warner

The weakest man is the one who is able to correct his moral defects, but doesn't take action.

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.

— Anonymous

Like all of us sinners, General Betrishchev was endowed with many virtues and many defects. Both the one and the other were scattered through…

— Nikolai Gogol