Weakness Quotes
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Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its beauties and cruelties; it accepts certain sufferings as matters of course, puts up patiently with certain evils. Human life is reduced to real suffering, to hell, only when two ages, two cultures and religions overlap.
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Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.
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Frequent punishments are always a sign of weakness or laziness on the part of a government.
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The feeble howl with the wolves, bray with the asses, and bleat with the sheep.
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Know what your strengths are, but also keep in mind what your weaknesses are; always work on your weaknesses.
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To stake all one's life on a single moment, to risk everything on one throw, whether the stake be power or pleasure, I care not - there is no weakness in that.
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I don't want anybody to take my kindness as a weakness. Like I said before, this is where I want to be, but don't test me. It never was a done deal. It was a possibility. I'm happy about that. But there's two sides to that. On one side, I trust you, but don't play me. I don't care who it is, if it's the Boss, if it's him, don't play me. There are plenty of other teams out there that want my services ... that's the bottom line.
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Traditional British desserts with lots of custard are my biggest weakness - I particularly love the puds at St. John restaurant in East London.
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In this world is a God whose matchless strength is a fit contrast to the sordid weakness of man.
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There's a tangle between weakness and vulnerability.
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Look for strength in people, not weakness; for good, not evil. Most of us find what we search for.
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I think his greatest fault is his failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done. This is a great weakness in any man.
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What is bad? All that proceeds from weakness.
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Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.
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Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness.
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We all have weaknesses. But I have figured that others have put up with mine so tolerably that I would be much less than fair not to make a reasonable discount for theirs.
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Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out.
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One of my biggest fears - maybe my biggest weakness as a Christian - is that I have a hard time going up to a stranger and talking to them about Jesus.
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To those of us who often procrastinate on the decision we feel intimidated by lack of education or any area of weakness. I relieve you with this statement: It is not how much you know that arms you with the tools of great decision making, but rather how much you ask. Ask questions.
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I don't flatter myself with much dependence upon the present disposition of the Eastern Indians, who are many ways liable to be drawn into a rupture with us by the artifices of the French, their own weakness and the influence which the French Missionary Priests have over them.
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Authenticity is about imperfection. And authenticity is a very human quality. To be authentic is to be at peace with your imperfections. The great leaders are not the strongest, they are the ones who are honest about their weaknesses. The great leaders are not the smartest; they are the ones who admit how much they don't know. The great leaders can't do everything; they are the ones who look to others to help them. Great leaders don't see themselves as great; they see themselves as human.
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It's not that you should never love something so much that it can control you. It's that you need to love something that much so you can never be controlled. It's not a weakness. It's your best strength.
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The Iraqi people are living a long-running tragedy because of the legacy of the old regime, the Americans and their actions that are unsuitable for Iraqi society, and the weakness of national resolve.
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How strange that we should ordinarily feel compelled to hide our wounds when we are all wounded! Community requires the ability to expose our wounds and weaknesses to our fellow creatures. It also requires the ability to be affected by the wounds of others... But even more important is the love that arises among us when we share, both ways, our woundedness.
