Shortcomings Quotes

We live in a constant fear that our shortcomings will be exposed to family, to friends and to the world

Nothing is more cheerful than talking about our friends' shortcomings.

The mind's ability to rationalize it's own shortcomings is unlimited; I am no exception.

No human beings, regardless of who they might be, want to look directly at their own shortcomings.

Love is not 'blind' but visionary: It sees into the very heart of its object And sees the 'real self' behind and in the midst Of the frailties and shortcomings of the person.

Most teachers still say they love teaching though they wouldn't mind a little more respect for their challenging work and a little less blame for America's educational shortcomings.

Heredity is a splendid phenomenon that relieves us of responsibility for our shortcomings.

The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.

At any age it does us no harm to look over our past shortcomings and plan to improve our characters and actions in the coming year.

Oh, the shortcomings and inconsistency of the average human being, especially when this human being is a man trying to manage women's affairs!

A lot of the things I find funniest about people are their shortcomings that they're oblivious to, but that they're constantly reminding everyone around them of.

It didn't take long to recognise the shortcomings of the Soviet regime and to see the values of the free world.

Hypocrisy is a value that I think has been embraced by the Republican Party. We get lectured by people all day long about moral values by people who have their own moral shortcomings.

A woman may have a witty tongue or a stinging pen but she will never laugh at her own individual shortcomings.

Let God talk to you and minister to you, where you get honest with Him - here's what I do well and don't do well; here are my shortcomings, my strengths, and my gifts.

Freud tells us to blame our parents for all the shortcomings of our life, Marx tells us to blame the upper class of our society. But the only one to blame is oneself.

Vices are simply overworked virtues.

A brother who recognizes that we have shortcomings, we, in the struggle, have faults, and that he wanted to reconcile differences.

The successful leader must be willing to assume responsibility for the mistakes and the shortcomings of his followers.

I can forgive a man’s past faults, his present shortcomings, and his future failures if every minute of every day he loves me like it’s his religion.

From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to our shortcomings than to our strengths.

Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings.

The Church, therefore, has two constant needs; instruction in the truths by which it must live, and correction of the shortcomings by which its life is marred.

Failing and laughing at your own shortcomings are the hallmarks of a sane parent.

Man's shortcomings and sins are all due to the substance of the body and not to its form; while all his merits are exclusively due to his form.

It's human nature to blame someone else for your shortcomings or upsets.

I think there are many faces to everyone. I also have my bad sides. Also I think everyone is trying to improve their shortcomings to become more wholesome.

One of my major shortcomings - I'm vindictive. I don't know why that is. Even in petty things in my life I tend to strike back. It's a lot more pleasurable a sensation than feeling threatened.

Let me see. What are my other shortcomings?

I had my shortcomings - crazy hair, braces, bad skin and all that stuff. I went through it all.

The habit of looking for beauty in everything makes us notice the shortcomings of things, our sense, hungry for complete satisfaction, misses the perfection it demands.

You can't grow and learn if your focus is on finding someone else to blame instead of looking at your own shortcomings.

Psychotherapy -- A long, drawn out process consisting of subtle probings of the human mind, whereby women are blamed for all of Freud's shortcomings.

God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the world.

We think we understand another person's struggle until God reveals the same shortcomings in our lives.

Work hard to seem infallible and others will work to find our flaws. Admit our shortcomings and others will work to help us be infallible.

There is always a half-malicious curiosity amongst actors to witness the shortcomings of a novice. They invariably experience strong inclinations to prophesy failure.

I do think it is harder to acknowledge our strengths, or to forgive ourselves and each other for our shortcomings, when there has not been a result we can all agree on.

George Bush's political, intellectual and other shortcomings cannot be restricted to one sentence.

Ronald Reagan had many fine qualities and he had many shortcomings. He's not the simple, folksy figure that he's often portrayed as.

A 'weakness,' I now realize, is nothing but a strength not properly developed.

but very little achievement is required in order to pity another man's shortcomings.

My shadow is only half of what it should be." "Everyone has their shortcomings.

The faults and shortcomings we see in the members of our own ward or branch are of less consequence to us than one of the smallest in ourselves.

Men fall from great fortune because of the same shortcomings that led to their rise.

I like men. They are hugely entertaining, but they have a lot of shortcomings and you just have to bear those in mind.

Humankind's constant effort to fix its shortcomings is what drives human history.

I knew that part of friendship consisted in accepting a friend’s shortcomings, which sometimes included his parents.

It is important for us to see that our mentors are human and therefore fallible; it makes our own shortcomings more tenable.

We had the great good fortune and shortcomings of character that marked every generation that had never seen war.