Defects Quotes

343 quotes by 269 authors

Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are not real defects… — Teresa of Avila
Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds. — Teresa of Avila
All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so… — John Adams
In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the… — Saint Basil
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects… — Joseph Addison
It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality. — Max Beerbohm
There's a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are in alignment. For transgender people,… — Chaz Bono
At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far… — Albert Camus
I'm used to always deciding everything myself. It's a blessing, but also a terrible defect. — Roberto Cavalli
I'm a man with many defects. I love. I sing. I dream. I was born in the poor countryside. I was raised in the countryside,… — Hugo Chavez
As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect… — Thomas Aquinas
Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at… — Margaret Halsey
It is for the good of nations, and not for the emolument or aggrandizement of particular individuals, that government ought to be established, and that… — Thomas Paine
If we wish to keep peace with our neighbor, we should never remind anyone of his natural defects. — Philip Neri
Try to acquire the virtues you believe lacking in your brothers. Then you will no longer see their defects, for you will no longer have… — Saint Augustine
I am convinced that there are genuine and valid levels of perception available with cannabis (and probably with other drugs) which are, through the defects… — Lester Grinspoon
A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When the defects of others are perceived with so much clarity, it is because one possesses them oneself. — Jules Renard
Constant success shows us but one side of the world. For as it surrounds us with friends who will tell us only our merits, so… — Charles Caleb Colton
Let us stay at home: there we are decent. Let us not go out: our defects wait for us at the door, like flies. — Jules Renard

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