Weakness Quotes

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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are… — Aristotle
Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness. — Mikhail Bakunin
Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage;… — Georges Bataille
The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive. — Orlando Aloysius Battista
Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. — Joseph Addison
God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses. — Henry Ward Beecher
It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of… — Joseph Addison
I have ever been the queerest mixture of weakness and strength, and have paid heavily for the weakness. — Annie Besant
Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be a weak man without a strong point. A diamond with a flaw… — William J. H. Boetcker
Victory belongs to the most persevering. — Napoleon Bonaparte
We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we… — Daniel J. Boorstin
Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art… — Akhenaton
Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity. — Jean de la Bruyere
I've made peace with the fact that the things that I thought were weaknesses or flaws were just me. I like them. — Sandra Bullock
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. — Edmund Burke
Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness. — Amos Bronson Alcott
If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they… — Barbara Bush
I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade,… — George W. Bush
The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion. — Samuel Butler
Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They redress balances, explore secret weaknesses, demolish legends. — A. S. Byatt

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