Weaken Quotes

163 Weaken quotes by 147 unique authors

One ought to avoid all unnecessary worry and exciting thoughts, and to cultivate a firm tranquility of mind. Melancholy reflections will in no way influence… — George Hackenschmidt
Books suggest the inner light and the method of bringing that out, but we can only understand them when we have earned the knowledge ourselves.… — Swami Vivekananda
We always weaken whatever we exaggerate. — Jean-Francois de La Harpe
Here (Jerusalem), tears do not weaken the eyes, they only polish and shine the hardness of faces like stone. — Yehuda Amichai
The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth disputed whether John Kerry deserved some of his five medals. A large part of Kerry's defense was an appeal… — James Taranto
You don't want to help the young too much,it will just weaken them and they'll only resent it. — Mark Tobey
To live in any true sense of the word is to reject others; to accept them, one must be able to renounce, to do oneself… — Emile M. Cioran
If you compromise with your own conscience, you will weaken your conscience. Soon your conscience will fail to guide you and you will never have… — Napoleon Hill
I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the… — Niccolo Machiavelli
To exaggerate is to weaken. — Jean-Francois de La Harpe
If we take away any of the attributes of God, we do not weaken God but we weaken our concept of God. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Abstractions about right and wrong, whether they are as old as Thou Shalt Not Kill or as modern as Do Your Own Thing, often serve… — Ursula K. Le Guin
People project a grey energy that is very destructive to weaken you, to drain you - just as the snake uses position to capture its… — Frederick Lenz
We could be the biggest pantyhose seller in America, but we don't want to weaken the link in shoppers' minds between Home Depot and do-it-yourself… — Bernard Marcus
I could do nothing without my problems; they toughen my mind. In fact, I tell my assistants not to bring me their successes for they… — Charles Kettering
I have found by experience that they who have spent all their lives in cities, improve their talents but impair their virtues; and strengthen their… — Charles Caleb Colton
Books are never harmless...they either strengthen us or they weaken us in our faith. Some of them do this even as they entertain us, others… — Peter Prange
There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has... In your sketches keep the first vivid impression! Add… — William Morris Hunt
Parties weaken themselves by their fear of capable men. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Love makes you smart and strong. Smart enough to know there is nothing else that matters. Strong enough to know that nothing else can weaken… — Morgan Parker
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest… — Mahatma Gandhi
The failure of national economic policy is costing us more than jobs; it has begun to weaken that uniquely American spirit of risk-taking, large ambition,… — Mitch Daniels
Increased government spending can provide a temporary stimulus to demand and output but in the longer run higher levels of government spending crowd out private… — Martin Feldstein
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws. — Baron de Montesquieu
Defend the church. Defend the family. Defend the non-profit community. Defend them against a government that wants to weaken them. — Rick Santorum

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