Infirmity Quotes

104 quotes by 91 authors

Ambition it is the last infirmity of noble minds. — James M. Barrie
God's willingness to answer our prayers exceeds our willingness to give good and necessary things to our children, just as far as God's ability, goodness… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Think not silence the wisdom of fools; but, if rightly timed, the honor of wise men, who have not the infirmity, but the virtue of… — Thomas Browne
Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue? — Alexander the Great
The most mortifying infirmity in human nature, to feel in ourselves, or to contemplate in another, is perhaps cowardice. — Charles Lamb
Rich men are to bear the infirmities of the poor, and wise are to bear the mistakes of the ignorant. — Henry Ward Beecher
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise. That last infirmity of noble mind. To scorn delights, and live laborious days. — John Milton
Idiots, the lame, the blind, the dumb, are men in whom the devils have established themselves: and all the physicians who heal these infirmities, as… — Martin Luther
Physicians must discover the weaknesses of the human mind, and even condescend to humor them, or they will never be called in to cure the… — Charles Caleb Colton
They may well fear fate who have any infirmity of habit or aim: but they who rest on what is have a destiny beyond destiny,… — Orison Swett Marden
God, to prevent all escape, hath sown the seeds of death in our very constitution and nature, so that we can as soon run from… — William Gurnall
There is an essential difference between the decease of the godly and the death of the ungodly. Death comes to the ungodly man as a… — Charles Spurgeon
As the strongest faith may be shaken, so the weakest, where truth is, is so far rooted that it will prevail. Weakness with watchfulness will… — Richard Sibbes
I am afraid, ... that health begins, after seventy, and often long before, to have a meaning different from that which it had at thirty.… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Let me advise thee not to talk of thyself as being old. There is something in Mind Cure, after all, and if thee continually talks… — Hannah Whitall Smith
The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise. — Tacitus
Temporary delusions, prejudices, excitements, and objects have irresistible influence in mere questions of policy. And the policy of one age may ill suit the wishes… — Joseph Story
Endeavor to be patient in bearing with the defects and infirmities of others, of what sort 'soever they be; for that thyself also has many… — Thomas a Kempis
Prayer is helplessness casting itself on Power, infirmity leaning on Strength, misery reaching to Mercy, and a prisoner clamoring for Relief. — Fulton J. Sheen
The greatest attribute of God is Love. The Tree of Life is located in the very depth of our soul. The most perfect and abundant… — Baird T. Spalding

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