Frail Quotes

164 Frail quotes by 148 unique authors

Some of the sweetest spirits are housed in frail frames. Great spiritual strength is often developed by those with physical challenges precisely because they are… — Russell M. Nelson
God knew what we were before conversion - wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion -… — J C Ryle
If your ego starts out, 'I am important, I am big, I am special,' you're in for some disappointments when you look around at what… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Steadfast Seas and MountainsThe lofty mountains and the seas, Being mountains, being seas, Both exist and are real. But frail as flowers are the lives… — Reiko Chiba
Who to a woman trusts his peace of mind, Trusts a frail bark, with a tempestuous wind. — George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
Vagueness and procrastination are ever a comfort to the frail in spirit. — John Updike
... a gaggle of old ladies is glued to the window at the end of the hall like children or jailbirds. They're spidery and frail,… — Sara Gruen
The memory of benefits is a frail defence against ingratitude. — Leonardo da Vinci
I do think I go out of my way to be a very normal person and I just find it frustrating that people think that… — Kate Bush
No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will sustain the weight of human vanity. — Edith Wharton
We are all frail-embodied creatures, who at times suffer through injustice, abuse, illness, pain and misfortune. — Bryant H. McGill
The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession. — Sallust
The dreams of youth. So noble. So good. And heavy dreamsthey were- made frail only by their own weight. — James Michael
More than anything I have learned that we are all frail people, vulnerable and wounded; it is just that some of us are more clever… — Sheila Cassidy
Let us face reality. The framers (of the Constitution) have simply been too shrewd for us. They have outwitted us. They designed separate institutions that… — James MacGregor Burns
Poltinus the Platonist proves by means of the blossoms and leaves that from the Supreme God, whose beauty is invisible and ineffable, Providence reaches down… — Saint Augustine
I am a frail vessel full of errors. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Compassion and shame come over one who considers how precarious is the origin of the proudest of living beings: often the smell of a lately… — Pliny the Elder
The most unhappy and frail creatures are men and yet they are the proudest. — Michel de Montaigne
Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind, and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strength. — Alexis Carrel
That is what chills your spine when you read an account of a suicide: not the frail corpse hanging from the window bars but what… — Simone de Beauvoir
The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting. — Sallust
How frail and ephemeral is the material substance of letters, which makes their very survival so hazardous. Print has a permanence of its own, though… — Elizabeth Drew
I started out writing when I was young; stuff about exposing the truth about how people are not what they appear, about how they are… — Mike White
There's often a distressing disconnect between the good words we speak and the way we live our lives. In personal relations and politics, the mass… — Parker J. Palmer

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