Shortcomings Quotes

202 Shortcomings quotes by 180 unique authors

I'd always found goodness more interesting then evil, though I was aware this wasn't the most general view. To my mind, it took more work… — Dick Francis
You're not eating anything," said Marilla sharply, eying her as if it were a serious shortcoming. Anne sighed. I can't. I'm in the depths of… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
We had the great good fortune and shortcomings of character that marked every generation that had never seen war. — Joshua Ferris
but very little achievement is required in order to pity another man's shortcomings. — George Eliot
Undergraduates today can select from a swathe of identity studies.... The shortcoming of all these para-academic programs is not that they concentrate on a given… — Tony Judt
Let me see. What are my other shortcomings? — Arthur Conan Doyle
Judgement is the forbidden objectivization of the other person which destroys single-minded love. I am not forbidden to have my own thoughts about the other… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The people knew what had made them human. It was not their shortcomings, but their hearts. — Vanna Bonta
No human beings, regardless of who they might be, want to look directly at their own shortcomings. — Tatsuhiko Takimoto
Plainly, this unwillingness to give ground even on unimportant disagreements is the symptom of some deepseated insecurity, as was my one-time fondness for making teasing… — Christopher Hitchens
I discovered very quickly that criticism is a form of optimism, and that when you are silent about the shortcomings of your society, you're very… — Carlos Fuentes
A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch; his virtues and greatness belong to himself. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
But the man who is not afraid to admit everything that he sees to be wrong with himself, and yet recognizes that he may be… — Thomas Merton
I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society. — Alan Paton
When you aren't drinking or using drugs or spending lots of money on fancy toys or basking in the glow of fame or working all… — Glenn Beck
Beginnings could happen more than once or in different ways. You could think you were starting something afresh, when actually what you were doing was… — Rachel Joyce
I knew that part of friendship consisted in accepting a friendâ€™s shortcomings, which sometimes included his parents. — John Knowles
A close, daily intimacy between two people has to be paid for: it requires a great deal of experience of life, logic, and warmth of… — Ivan Goncharov
Some of the most unkind,judgmental people I've ever known go to church every Sunday and read the Bible. I don't know how some people are… — Judith McNaught
No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner… — Eric Hoffer

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