Frailties Quotes

45 quotes by 43 authors

Ashamed of the many frailties they feel within, all men endeavor to hide themselves, their ugly nakedness, from each other, and wrapping up the true… — Bernard de Mandeville
We look for some reward of our endeavors and are disappointed that not success, not happiness, not even peace of conscience, crowns our ineffectual efforts… — Robert Louis Stevenson
'Tis certain that a serious attention to the sciences and liberal arts softens and humanizes the temper, and cherishes those fine emotions in which true… — David Hume
Love is not 'blind' but visionary: It sees into the very heart of its object And sees the 'real self' behind and in the midst… — Andras Angyal
Two persons who have chosen each other out of all the species with a design to be each other's mutual comfort and entertainment have, in… — Joseph Addison
It sounds cliched, but superheroes can be lonely, vain, arrogant and proud. Often they overcome these human frailties for the greater good. — Tom Hiddleston
The United States of America is a nation where people are not united because of those three glaring frailties: racism, injustices and inequities. — Yuri Kochiyama
A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties. — Anne Stevenson
We have to learn how to live with our frailties. The best people I know are inadequate and unashamed. — Stanley Kunitz
Individual faults and frailties are no excuse to give in - and no exemption from the common obligation to give of ourselves. — Edward Kennedy
Tears are copiously showered over frailties the discoverer takes a malicious delight in circulating; and thus, all granite on one side of the heart, and… — Edwin Percy Whipple
All men have their frailties; and whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will never find what he seeks. — Cyrus the Great
Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism. In heroism, we feel, life's supreme mystery is… — William James
I suspect the secret of personal attraction is locked up in our unique imperfections, flaws and frailties. — Hugh Mackay
Prayer is like practicing the piano or ballet or writing: you have to bring your body for a very long time, in spite of your… — Heather King
My friend, be not like him who sits by his fireside and watches the fire go out, then blows vainly upon the dead ashes. Do… — Khalil Gibran
Remember: even the smallest drop of God's strength is more than enough to cover our frailties, our shortcomings, and the places where we deem ourselves… — Lysa TerKeurst
No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of… — Thomas Gray
We all have common frailties but we need to treasure friends more. — Eric Cantona
Right and wrong becomes more difficult for each of us as we grow older, because the older we get the more we know personally about… — Blanche Lincoln

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