Fishing is a constant reminder of the democracy of life, of humility, and of human frailty. The forces of nature discriminate for… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Whoever can weep over himself for one hour is greater than the one who is able to teach the whole world; whoever… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
By experience; by a sense of human frailty; by a perception of "the soul of goodness in things evil;" by a cheerful… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
Communism worked honestly by officials devoid of human frailties and devoted to nothing but the good of its slaves, would have certain… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
“The Congresswoman was depressed by the fact that a woman of her standing could no longer count on making it to the… — Gabrielle Giffords Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think we keep secrets for the wrong reasons. If we could instead find that right person to talk to we… — Frank Warren Copy Share Image
The deepest repentance and humility and our own frailty and weakness must be realized before we can know God's strength. — Frank Bartleman Copy Share Image
The writer's life [is] full of frailty and defeat like any other life. What counts is the work. Yet the work can… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“...the strands that connect us are frail, so don't hang great weights on slender wires...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism. In heroism, we feel, life's… — William James Copy Share Image
I saw myself. . . in the time I watched, I saw strength and frailty, pride and vanity, courage and fear. Of… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties. — Jef Raskin Copy Share Image
God knows I've got so many frailties myself, I ought to be able to understand and forgive them in others. But I… — Ava Gardner Copy Share Image
It sounds cliched, but superheroes can be lonely, vain, arrogant and proud. Often they overcome these human frailties for the greater good. — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
The forest did not tolerate frailty of body or mind. Show your weakness, and it would consume you without hesitation. — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
People who reach certain levels of frailty, more important than getting their mammogram, more important than getting their blood pressure tweaked, they're… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
It turns out that justices are also God’s children; and being of this world, their makeup consists of actual flesh and blood.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I would like to believe I would not have behaved differently had I not made a term limits pledge, but my own… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
“...[A]ll the elements which belong to the notion of happiness are altogether empirical, that is, they must be borrowed from experience, and… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Maybe being good isn't about getting rid of anything. Maybe being good has to do with living in the mess in the… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Blessed are they who in this sea of frailty, climb aboard a piece of ass as it floats by. — J. P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
We have to learn how to live with our frailties. The best people I know are inadequate and unashamed. — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image