Our Faults Quotes

65 quotes by 58 authors

Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults. — Lord Chesterfield
Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite… — Henri Frederic Amiel
By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind. — Huineng
We must speak to God as a friend speaks to his friend, servant to his master; now asking some favor, now acknowledging our faults, and… — Ignatius Loyola
A mom forgives us all our faults, not to mention one or two we don't even have. — Robert Breault
The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes. — Madame de Stael
Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the notice of others. — Samuel Johnson
Tears throw a veil over our faults and allow us to accuse fate without fear or contradiction. — Italo Svevo
Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Lord does not measure out our afflictions according to our faults, but according to our strength, and looks not what we have deserved, but… — George Downame
Nothing is more apt to deceive us than our own judgment of our work. We derive more benefit from having our faults pointed out by… — Leonardo da Vinci
We can stop picking on ourselves for picking on ourselvesWe can cherish ourselves and our lives. We can nuture ourselves and love ourselves. We can… — Melody Beattie
In the intercourse of life, we please more by our faults than by our good qualities. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults, and we ought to love our friends in like manner. — Cyrus the Great
We are great and our faults are great and therefore our problems great and great are our consolations. — Abraham Isaac Kook
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together: our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not;… — William Shakespeare
Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities. — Bernard Berenson
Just as love blinds us to imperfections in others, it magnifies those we see in ourselves. But if this is true, then the opposite must… — Tonya Hurley
We put pride into everything like salt. We like to see that our good works are known. If our virtues are seen, we are pleased;… — John Vianney
Every day God patiently bears with us, and every day we are tempted to become impatient with our friends, neighbors, and loved ones. And our… — Jerry Bridges

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