Weakness Quotes

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The weakness of so many modern Christians is that they feel to much at home in the world. In their effort to achieve restful 'adjustment'… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Failure to get a right viewpoint in the beginning of our Christian lives may result in weakness and sterility for the rest of our days! — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Often we are firm from weakness, and audacious from timidity. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There is a mercy which is weakness, and even treason against the common good. — George Eliot
Just as in habiliments it is a sign of weakness to wish to make oneself noticeable by some peculiar and unaccustomed fashion, so, in language,… — Michel de Montaigne
It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; that they are showing the… — Eric Hoffer
We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression. — Eric Hoffer
I never could keep a promise. I do not blame myself for this weakness, because the fault must lie in my physical organization. It is… — Mark Twain
The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs.… — John Dewey
For inside all the weakness of old age, the spirit, God knows, is as mercurial as it ever was. — May Sarton
Children tend to be rather better observers of adults' characters than adults are of children's, because children are so dependent on adults that it is… — Allan Bloom
I'm learning to use others' weaknesses. I don't hammer a man's soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a… — Arthur Ashe
The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought… — William Hazlitt
Snobbery is not merely a silly human weakness but something basic in the mentality of modern man-a symptom which reflects the general sickness, the dislocation… — Arthur Koestler
One of the most ordinary weaknesses of the human intellect is to seek to reconcile contrary principles, and to purchase peace at the expense of… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Out of the cross comes the resurrection. Out of weakness comes real strength. — Timothy Keller
You will never be an inwardly religious and devout man unless you pass over in silence the shortcomings of your fellow men, and diligently examine… — Thomas a Kempis
Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever. It implies a discovery of weakness, which we are more careful to… — Lord Chesterfield
Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known than their crimes. — Lord Chesterfield
Strong words are required for weak principles. — Douglas Horton

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