Shortcomings Quotes

I deplore my shortcomings, but plan to keep them.

— Mason Cooley

Vices are simply overworked virtues.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

We all have the defects of our qualities.

— Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon

The greatest sin is carelessness.

— Linda Ronstadt

There is no effort without error or shortcoming.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Great talent admits shortcomings.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

Let me see. What are my other shortcomings?

— Arthur Conan Doyle

We all have shortcomings.

— Sheryl Sandberg

Failing and laughing at your own shortcomings are the hallmarks of a sane parent.

— Jim Gaffigan

George Bush's political, intellectual and other shortcomings cannot be restricted to one sentence.

— Emilio Botin

A 'weakness,' I now realize, is nothing but a strength not properly developed.

— Fay Weldon

The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.

— Edsger Dijkstra

Kitsch tends to wallow in beauty - its shortcoming is not aesthetic, but ethical

— Hermann Broch

You marry the day you realize the human defects of your love.

— Anais Nin

A man's pursuit of knowledge is greater than his shortcomings, the limits of his vision.

— Natasha Trethewey

You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing.

— Ram Dass

God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The faults and shortcomings we see in the members of our own ward or branch are of less consequence to us than…

— Jacob de Jager

It didn't take long to recognise the shortcomings of the Soviet regime and to see the values of the free world.

— Garry Kasparov

Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your…

— Colin Powell

There is always a half-malicious curiosity amongst actors to witness the shortcomings of a novice. They invariably experience strong inclinations to prophesy…

— Anna Cora Mowatt

Because of its shortcomings - driving range, cost, and recharging time - the electric vehicle is not a viable replacement for most…

— Takeshi Uchiyamada

It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics,…

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

“Sometimes you feel alone because, like you, others aren't so ready to confess their shortcomings and struggles.”

— Darnell Lamont Walker

You have to get away from them. You have to get as far away as you can otherwise they'll kill you with…

— Henry Rollins

Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to us our mothers' incredible strength. We fear…

— Anna Quindlen

There is never a circumstance, no matter how catastrophic, that also does not hold within it an opportunity to better things, to…

— Lee L Jampolsky

I really do believe that in order to overcome our environmental shortcomings, we have to act united as a people, and that…

— Adrian Grenier

History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind…

— Vladimir Putin

When conducted with proper preparation, and in a focused and professional manner, oversight of executive branch actions can reveal serious shortcomings by…

— Bob Barr

I do think it is harder to acknowledge our strengths, or to forgive ourselves and each other for our shortcomings, when there…

— Chris Cleave

For all its shortcomings, Wikipedia does have strong governance and deliberative mechanisms; anyone who has ever followed discussions on Wikipedia's mailing lists…

— Evgeny Morozov

At one time, I hated the iPhone - but that was only before I used one for the first time. Now, it…

— Chris Pirillo

More thinking is required, and we should all exercise our God-given right to think and be unafraid to express our opinions, with…

— Hugh B. Brown

The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where…

— Herbert Hoover

I am not shy about admitting my modest talents. For example, I am happy to admit that I am better than average…

— Jeff Lindsay

I would especially like to appeal to my country's media that we should stop looking at everything in India from the prism…

— Narendra Modi

If America is to compete effectively in world markets, its corporate leaders must strategically position their companies in the right businesses, and…

— James O'Toole

I confess to feeling continued ambivalence about political life, aware of its shortcomings and disappointments, but drawn back to it again and…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

The science of psychology has been far more successful on the negative than on the positive side... It has revealed to us…

— Abraham Maslow