Lacking Quotes

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Our economy is a hundred times better, than the average African economy. Outside South Africa, what country is [as good as] Zimbabwe?.. What is lacking now are goods on the shelves - that is all.

Man's freedom is lacking if somebody else controls what he needs, for need may result in man's enslavement of man.

At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.

All failures - neurotics, psychotics, criminals, drunkards, problem children, suicides, perverts, and prostitutes - are failures because they are lacking in social interest

When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

I don't say we are a defensive team. I say we are a strong team in defensive terms, but at the same time lacking sufficient fluidity in attack because that will take time to come.

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.

Very good orators, when they are out, they will spit; and for lovers, lacking--God warn us!--matter, the cleanliest shift is to kiss.

Always consider your intellect to be lacking; otherwise too much faith in it surely leads to error.

I almost think that hope is for the soul what breathing is for the living organism. Where hope is lacking the soul dries up and withers.

We are not lacking in the dynamic forces needed to create the future. We live immersed in a sea of energy beyond all comprehension.

Formula feeding is the longest lasting uncontrolled experiment lacking informed consent in the history of medicine.

Our leaders are lacking love, and love is lacking leaders.

I shutter to think how many people are underexposed and lacking depth in this field.

Try to acquire the virtues you believe lacking in your brothers. Then you will no longer see their defects, for you will no longer have them yourself.

Nice is a pallid virtue. Not like honesty or courage or perseverance. On the other hand, in a nation notably lacking in civility, there is much to be said for nice.

At this moment, is there anything lacking? Nirvana is right here now before our eyes. This place is the lotus land. This body now is the Buddha.

What is often lacking is not creativity in the idea-creating sense but innovation in the action-producing sense, i.e. putting ideas to work.

The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter.

Obedience unites us so closely to God that it in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other will but His. If obedience is lacking, even prayer cannot be pleasing to God.

Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be.

Those who are lacking in bhakti (devotion), lacking in faith, are ill qualified to interpret the scriptures.

The mind revels in conjecture. Where information is lacking, it will gladly fill in the gaps.

I have often said China is not lacking in material resources. The question is whether we can make full and good use of them.

Like a lovely flower full of color but lacking in fragrance, are the words of those who do not practice what they teach.

Do not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself.

He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.

If self-efficacy is lacking, people tend to behave ineffectually, even though they know what to do.

When you have a true ambition for something, you will not give up hope. Giving up hope is a sign that you are lacking ambition to achieve that goal!

Moral responsibility is what is lacking in a man when he demands it of a woman.

Rent control has in certain Western countries constituted, maybe, the worst example of poor planning by Governments lacking courage and vision.

I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for adulation is lacking.

That which is lacking in the present world is a profound knowledge of the nature of things.

Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because... they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.

A lot of solos I hear sound so incredible, but they sound like somebody practicing. They sound a bit soulless - fiery, but at the same time, lacking in spirit and soul.

Reason bases its decisions on evidence available to everyone, and allows people to disagree when evidence is lacking. Religion will never do that.

I feel very sorry for women who continue to purchase real fur coats. They are lacking in a woman's most important requisites, heart and sensitivity.

The curse of the intelligentsia is their ability to rationalize and re-define. Ordinary people, lacking that gift, are forced to face reality.

Transitional forms are generally lacking at the species level, but they are abundant between larger groups.

A fellow who cannot throw a flapjack is sadly lacking in the skill one expects to find in a real woodcrafter.

What we are really lacking today is a real hatred of evil.

Unlike the past decades, the present moment is lacking in architectural discourse.

I like musicianship, and it's quite lacking in most modern popular music. You're always safe with old Chicago, the Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule, or Tower of Power.

When you go to standup, there seems to be a common denominator of some form of need or want for validation from the audience that maybe you were lacking as a kid.

Duties are what make life most worth living. Lacking them, you are not necessary to anyone.

Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.

I mean, I haven't been completely lacking in some enjoyment of Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly. But I just didn't pay attention to that period of music, obviously.

...in a time lacking in truth and certainty and filled with anguish and despair, no woman should be shamefaced in attempting to give back to the world, through her work, a portion of its lost heart.