Causes Quote by Jean de la Bruyere

Of all our faults, the one we avow most easily is idleness; we persuade ourselves that it is allied to all the peaceable virtues,and…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We do not lack strength so much as the will to use it; and very often our imagining that things are impossible is nothing…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Idleness, we are accustomed to say, is the root of all evil. To prevent this evil, work is recommended.... Idleness as such is by…

— Soren Kierkegaard

Weakness invites aggression.

— Tommy Tuberville

We maintain the peace through our strength; weakness only invites aggression.

— Ronald Reagan

The strength of any weakness within us is the degree to which it is feared.

— Guy Finley

Weakness is something we don't like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more…

— Olivia Wilde

If we do not respect ourselves, we are on the one hand forced to despise those who have so few resources as to consort…

— Joan Didion

Without doubt, the most common weakness of all human beings is the habit of leaving their minds open to the negative influence of other…

— Napoleon Hill

Another powerful principle of our nature, which is the spring of war, is the passion for superiority, for triumph, for power. The human mind…

— William Ellery Channing

That weakness in human nature which goes by the name of strength.

— Peter Ustinov

Before making peace, war is necessary, and that war must be made with our self. Our worst enemy is our self: our faults, our…

— Hazrat Inayat Khan