Deficiencies Quotes

74 Deficiencies quotes by 67 unique authors

In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state… — Augusto Roa Bastos
I feel like we're attracted to paths in life that force us to look at our weaknesses or deficiencies as human beings. Not to get… — Emma Bell
As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions. — Hans Kung
It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the 'dear deceit' of beauty. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Spouses often point out each other's deficiencies. Instead, we should be each other's motivator. My husband touches my spirit, and I try my best to… — Ken Blanchard
A painter must compensate the natural deficiencies of his art. He has but one sentence to utter, but one moment to exhibit. He cannot, like… — Joshua Reynolds
By leaving a student to himself he may... be led to undertake matters above his strength, but the trial will at least have this advantage:… — Joshua Reynolds
I never met one interesting mind that was not richly endowed with inadmissible deficiencies. — Emile M. Cioran
I wring my hands because I know that as a dude, my privilege, my long-term deficiencies work against me in writing women, no matter how… — Junot Diaz
Here's the thing: I am not only a creature of civilization, I'm an asthmatic person. I will only live so long as I have stockpiled… — John Hodgman
The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius, necessarily has deficiencies in his ideas. — Victor Hugo
Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is still room to advance and to… — Sandra Day O'Connor
I'm always aware of writing around things I can't do, and I've come to think that that's actually what 'style' is - an avoidance of… — George Saunders
This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more… — Haile Selassie
We rightly scorn those who have no made use of their defects, who have not exploited their deficiencies, and have not been enriched by their… — Emile M. Cioran
Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight. — Helen Keller
What fabrications they are, mothers. Scarecrows, wax dolls for us to stick pins into, crude diagrams. We deny them an existence of their own, we… — Margaret Atwood
No, the secret is that there's no reward and we have to endure our characters and our natures as best we can, because no amount… — SÃ¡ndor MÃ¡rai
Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own… — Sydney J. Harris
Only a man who cannot conquer his deficiencies feels the need to convince the world that he has none. — Margaret Weis

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