Inadequacy Quotes

114 quotes by 105 authors

Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic. — Edward de Bono
The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you… — Benjamin Haydon
Every painting is a war. You have to struggle every day, and to struggle every day with your inadequacies is a damn nuisance. — Neil Welliver
One should not utter a word about his own inadequacies. In the Oxo it says: 'When a man lets out a single word, the long… — Takeda Nobushige
Only through education does one come to be dissatisfied with his own knowledge, and only through teaching others does one come to realize the uncomfortable… — Confucius
Man finds nothing so intolerable as to be in a state of complete rest, without passions, without occupation, without diversion, without effort. Then he feels… — Blaise Pascal
You can be loved by your family, your mate, and your friends yet not love yourself. You can be admired by your associates yet regard… — Nathaniel Branden
I was trundling around with my inadequacies, and inner pain and loneliness. I yearned, desperately, to be something. I yearned to get out from where… — Anthony Hopkins
Our problems may stay, our circumstances may remain, but we know God is in control. We are focused on His adequacy, not our inadequacy. — Charles Stanley
Men as well as women, must strive for a balance of experience. Masculinity, defined as requiring the ability to act physically or mentally but excluding… — Eva Cox
The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic, self-loathing, and soul-crushing… — Robert De Niro
Some build their sense of personal worth by comparing themselves to others. That approach can lead to feelings of inadequacy or superiority. It is preferable… — Quentin L. Cook
Is there a man in the world who suffers as I do from the gross inadequacies of the human race? — Monty Woolley
We are on the side of religion as opposed to religions, and we are among those who believe in the wretched inadequacy of sermons and… — Victor Hugo
The volatile truth of our words should continually betray the inadequacy of the residual statement. — Henry David Thoreau
The unsatisfied yearning of the artist reaches back to the primordial image in the unconscious which is best fitted to compensate the inadequacy and one-sidedness… — Carl Jung
Failure, then, failure! so the world stamps us at every turn. We strew it with our blunders, our misdeeds, our lost opportunities, with all the… — William James
Confront your inadequacies and push your personal boundaries: It's the surest way to grow, improve and expand the scope of your influence. — John C. Maxwell
The deceit is sometimes unconscious, but not always, since some people, owing to their sectarianism, purposely overlook reality and refuse to acknowledge the inadequacies and… — Pierre-Paul Grasse
No matter the style, the farther one goes the more obstacles increase, and the more distant appears the object it is desired to attain. Again,… — Jean-Georges Noverre

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