Weakness Quotes

2217 Weakness quotes by 1464 unique authors

Nature reacts not only to physical disease, but also to moral weakness; when the danger increases; she gives us greater courage — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nothing brings families together faster than forgiveness. That should make it Step No. 1, but most of us find forgiving hard. We associate it with… — Joyce Brothers
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points. — Horace
The fact that people in Hollywood are open to what I teach is not because they're more desperate than anyone else, but because they're more… — Marianne Williamson
When you fear a foe, fear crushes your strength; and this weakness gives strength to your opponents. — William Shakespeare
In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy, which cunning will discover, and wickedness insensibly open,… — Thomas Jefferson
There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. — George Washington
We fear our highest possibilities. We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments, under conditions of great… — Abraham Maslow
Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we are in danger… — John Stuart Mill
If we do not respect ourselves, we are on the one hand forced to despise those who have so few resources as to consort with… — Joan Didion
Get it into your head once and for all, my simple and very fainthearted fellow, that what fools call humanness is nothing but a weakness… — Marquis de Sade
Ah, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will. — Homer
My greatest strength is that I have no weaknesses. — John McEnroe
Death's a fierce meadowlark: but to die having made / Something more equal to the centuries / Than muscle and bone, is mostly to shed… — Robinson Jeffers
What amazes me the most is to see that everyone is not amazed at his own weakness. — Blaise Pascal
All we have is the story we tell. Everything we do, every decision we make, our strength, weakness, motivation, history, and character-what we believe-none of… — Jess Walter
One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word 'impossible. — Napoleon Hill
There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of LACK OF AMBITION! — Napoleon Hill
For each of us as women, there is a dark place within, where hidden and growing our true spirit rises, beautiful and tough as chestnut… — Audre Lorde
Doubt is invariably the result of want or weakness of faith. — Mahatma Gandhi
Sympathy for the enemy -- a weakness of police and armies alike. Most perilous are the unconscious sympathies directing you to preserve your enemy intact… — Frank Herbert
Friendship doesn't have anything to do with shoring up weakness. It has to do with respect and consideration for those you care about. It has… — Terry Brooks
We could not guard every water pipeline from being blown up and every tree from being uprooted. We could not prevent every murder of a… — Moshe Dayan
Humanity looks upon Jesus the Nazarene as a poor-born Who suffered misery and humiliation with all of the weak. And He is pitied, for Humanity… — Khalil Gibran
A man should never be appointed into a managerial position if his vision focuses on people's weaknesses rather than on their strengths. — Peter Drucker

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