Weakness Quotes

Strong people have strong weaknesses.

Study yourself the way a hunter studied prey. Exploit your own weaknesses to create desired changes within yourself.

If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses, and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his work for satire rather than for history.

Men are taught to apologise for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.

Arbitrary rule has its basis, not in the strength of the state or the chief, but in the moral weakness of the individual, who submits almost without resistance to the domineering power.

Only silence is great; all else is weakness.

We offer our prayers in weakness but they ascend in power because of the blood of Jesus.

There's a basic human weakness inherent in all people which tempts them to bitterly want what they can't have and ungratefully not want what is readily available to them.

There is no better way to fight weakness than with strength. Once the mind and body have been awakened to their true potential, it's impossible to turn back.

The individual act of obedience is the cornerstone not only of the strength of authoritarian society but also of its weakness.

God stands in no need of our strength or wisdom, but of our ignorance, of our weakness; let us but give these to Him, and He can make use of us in winning souls.

Fishermen, no matter what supreme good fortune befalls them, cannot ever be absolutely satisfied. It is a fundamental weakness of intellect.

Weakness, fear, melancholy, together with ignorance, are the true sources of superstition. Hope, pride, presumption, a warm indignation, together with ignorance, are the true sources of enthusiasm.

If someone mistakes your kindness for weakness, that's their fault - not yours. And it's OK to be a decent human being in this life.

The best revenge against bullies is absolutely, resolutely, never to let them change who you are. Know that whatever bullies say or do - it comes from their weakness, not yours.

A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.

Emphasize strengths, don't fix weaknesses.

What makes a strong female character is a character who has weaknesses, who has flaws, who is maybe not immediately likable, but eventually relatable.

There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof

Never treat somebody’s cleverness as his life’s smartness. Cleverness is to hide the weakness and the smartness is to project the strength of his weakness.

No man loses his freedom except through his own weakness.

Weak people believe what is forced on them. Strong people what they wish to believe, forcing that to be real.

Selfishness is weakness. But loving and caring for others is a position of power beyond anything we can possibly imagine.

Eliminating one weakness is better than adding one strength.

We must not mistake kindness for weakness. Kindness isn't weak. Kindness is a certain type of strength.

There is one element that is worth its weight in gold and that is LOYALTY. It will cover a multitude of weaknesses.

I don't have moments of weakness. I'm Rik Mayall.

The glory does not lie in our inadequacy, but lies in the adequacy of Christ discovered in our weakness and in our insufficiency.

A true woman loves a strong man because she knows his weaknesses. She protects as much as she is protected.

Tolerance it a tremendous virtue, but the immediate neighbors of tolerance are apathy and weakness.

Admitting your weaknesses does not diminish your strengths: it shows your courage.

My weakness for beautiful women is my most expensive vice, I still believe in matrimony, but I can't afford another try.

"Akrasia" [weakness of will] in rational beings is as common as wine in France.

The strength in gold is revealing the general weakness in the dollar.

Be careful who you share your weakness with. Some people can't wait for the opportunity to use them against you.

Stars are almost always people that want to make up for their own weaknesses by being loved by the public and I'm no exception to that.

Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.

It is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of high maturity, to rise to the level of self-criticism.

Your strength is just an accident owed to the weakness of others.

Complete weakness and dependence will always be the occasion for the Spirit of God to manifest His power.

Your greatest strength is love. Your greatest weakness is fear.

When you have an ego, you are limited to your own strengths and weaknesses. But if you are totally surrendered to God, nothing is impossible for you.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

If there is one path above all others to war, it is the path of weakness and disunity.

Free speech gives us the ability to react vigorously with effective arguments and expose the weakness and misdirection of the other side's claims.

My lyrics say I have morals, I have confidence, I have weaknesses, I have strong points, that I am a human being.

True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.

Man, if he compare himself with all that he can see, is at the zenith of power; but if he compare himself with all that he can conceive, he is at the nadir of weakness.

The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength - each asking from the other instead of finding pleasure in giving.