Lacking Quotes

438 quotes by 389 authors

It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to strip them of human dignity,… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
If you have everything, then you don't want to go on. It's the lacking that makes you search for something better. — Juliette Binoche
Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously critical… — Allan Bloom
Life and death have been lacking in my life. — Jorge Luis Borges
Creative powers can just as easily turn out to be destructive. It rests solely with the moral personality whether they apply themselves to good things… — Carl Jung
We have the ability to provide clean water for every man, woman and child on the Earth. What has been lacking is the collective will… — Jean-Michel Cousteau
The arts of peace and the arts of war are like two wheels of a cart which, lacking one, will have difficulty in standing. — Kuroda Nagamasa
I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for adulation… — Niccolo Machiavelli
After we have thought out everything carefully in advance and have sought and found without prejudice the most plausible plan, we must not be ready… — Carl von Clausewitz
Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable. — Ovid
Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. Every… — John Henry Jowett
Try to acquire the virtues you believe lacking in your brothers. Then you will no longer see their defects, for you will no longer have… — Saint Augustine
We are not lacking in the dynamic forces needed to create the future. We live immersed in a sea of energy beyond all comprehension. — Thomas Berry
The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable. — Philibert Joseph Roux
[The woman] paused and seemed to take a deep breath. 'You see,' she declared. 'I am Tom Mallow's aunt.' Catherine's first instinct was to burst… — Barbara Pym
If faith is lacking, it is because there is too much selfishness, too much concern for personal gain. For faith to be true, it has… — Mother Teresa
He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves. — Friedrich Nietzsche
A chess problem is genuine mathematics, but it is in some way "trivial" mathematics. However, ingenious and intricate, however original and surprising the moves, there… — G. H. Hardy
I belonged to a small minority of boys who were lacking in physical strength and athletic prowess. ... We found our refuge in science. ...… — Freeman Dyson
Nature is not cruel, only pitilessly indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans to learn. We cannot admit that things might be… — Richard Dawkins

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