Inadequate Quotes

228 Inadequate quotes by 198 unique authors

I know our feelings can be so unbearable that we employ ingenious strategies â€“ unconscious strategies â€“ to keep those feelings away. We do a… — Jeanette Winterson
When we feel left out, inadequate, or lonely, can we take a warriorâ€™s perspective and contact bodhichitta? — Pema Chodron
I think that itâ€™s premature to call Libya a democracy because political order is still so fragile there and the command by the state over… — Larry Diamond
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise to the… — Abraham Lincoln
Anger is a response that can lead to harm if we don't evaluate what we are upset about. Ask yourself what you are afraid of,… — Jennifer James
The existing phrasebooks are inadequate. They are well enough as far as they go, but when you fall down and skin your leg they don't… — Mark Twain
The stumbling way in which even the ablest of the scientists in every generation have had to fight through thickets of erroneous observations, misleading generalizations,… — James Bryant Conant
Do not beat up on yourself. Do not criticize your writing as lousy, inadequate, stupid, or any of the evil epithets that you are used… — Gail Carson Levine
I am always plagued with 'I'm not skinny enough, I'm not in shape.' I am not naturally this super-svelte kind of girl. I'm okay with… — Olivia Thirlby
A story is a way to say something that can't be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say… — Flannery O'Connor
Those we call saints rebelled against an outmoded and inadequate form of God on the basis of their new insights into divinity. — Rollo May
I've learned that next to the atomic bomb, the greatest danger is defeatism, despair, and inadequate awareness of what human beings possess. I feel that… — Norman Cousins
I generally find that comparison is the fast track to unhappiness. No one ever compares themselves to someone else and comes out even. Nine times… — Jack Canfield
The argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and certainly an inadequate and unacceptable argument for regime change. — John Major
Many people are afraid to talk about race because it's so emotionally loaded. We don't have the vocabulary to talk about it. Every day, our… — Anna Deavere Smith
Low income is related to poorer housing, poorer diet, fewer social amenities, worse working conditions. (...) After adjustment for age, sex, race, smoking, alcohol consumption,… — Michael Marmot
Using volatility as a measure of risk is nuts. Risk to us is 1) the risk of permanent loss of capital, or 2) the risk… — Charlie Munger
I had three weeks of prep on 'Wolfman,' a ridiculously inadequate amount of time to try to bring together the fractured and scattered pieces of… — Joseph E. Johnston
Children who are not encouraged to do, to try, to explore, to master, and to risk failure, often feel helpless and inadequate. Over-controlled by anxious,… — Susan Forward
Mother love has been much maligned. An over mothered boy may go through life expecting each new woman to love him the way his mother… — Frank Pittman

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