Shortcomings Quotes - Page 6

• It's not our disadvantages or shortcomings that are ridiculous, but rather the studious way we try to hide them, and our desire to act as if they did not exist.

  Giacomo Leopardi

  Desire, Trying, Way

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• The best attitude to take toward back talk is to reach out and embrace it with love, compassion, and understanding. No need to criticize it for its shortcomings or to waste time in recriminations. Just give a loving nod and a hug to any back talk you get, and move on to the joyful creation of your fulfilled life.

  Gay Hendricks

  Attitude, Moving, Loving Life

  Gay Hendricks (2010). “Five Wishes: How Answering One Simple Question Can Make Your Dreams Come True”, p.131, New World Library

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• 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.

  J. I. Packer

  Two, Church, Needs

  J. I. Packer (1958). “"Fundamentalism" and the Word of God”, p.69, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• Short-term performance envy causes many of the shortcomings that lock most investors into a perpetual cycle of underachievement. Watch your competitors not out of jealousy but out of respect and focus your efforts not on replicating others' portfolios but on looking for opportunities where they are not. The only way for investors to significantly outperform is to periodically stand far apart from the crowd, something few are willing, or able, to do.

  Seth Klarman

  Opportunity, Envy, Focus

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• Who would I be, if other good souls did not make up for my shortcomings?

  Orson Scott Card

  Soul, Good Souls, Ifs

  Orson Scott Card (2013). “The Ender Quintet”, p.1728, Macmillan

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• If we have true love with sympathy and patient labor, we shall not go about scrutinizing our neighbor's shortcomings.

  Dorotheus of Gaza

  Christian, Patient, Neighbor

  Saint Dorotheus (of Gaza) (1977). “Discourses and Sayings”

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

  Jo Brand

  Men, Mind, Bears

  "Question time". Interview with Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. April 8, 2009.

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• 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.

  John C. Maxwell

  Letting Go, Honest, Ministers

  Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

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• I always feel it is a shortcoming of mine as a reader and as a writer that I frankly need to like somebody.

  Ann Patchett

  Needs, Reader, Feels

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I think that the FIDE leaders have to reconsider the current drawing rules - their advantages aren't very clear, but their shortcomings are obvious. Artificial drawing of the lots is detrimental for everyone.

  Mikhail Tal

  Thinking, Drawing, Leader

  Source: www.chess.com

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• 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.

  Chris Cleave

  Thinking, Forgiving, Results

  "'We Don't Know Our Hearts Until Life Puts Us to the Test' - Chris Cleave on 'Everyone Brave Is Forgiven'". Interview with Erin Kodicek, www.amazonbookreview.com. May 31, 2016.

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• Morbid attention is when we focus only on the shortcomings that come with aging, which are inevitable, and think that everything that is wrong is a result of aging.

  Laura Huxley

  Thinking, Focus, Attention

  Source: www.whitelotus.org

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• I would especially like to appeal to my country's media that we should stop looking at everything in India from the prism of Pakistan. India is an independent country. It is a country of 125 crore people. Whenever it approaches any country, it will only be concerned about its own interests. It has been our biggest shortcoming and mistake that we have been tagging ourselves with another country and trying to do things.

  Narendra Modi

  Country, Mistake, Independent

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.in

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• What we look forward to, and the great promise of the gospel, is that whatever our inclinations are here, whatever our shortcomings are here, whatever the hindrances to our enjoying a fullness of joy here, we have the Lord's assurance for every one of us that those in due course will be removed. We just need to remain faithful.

  Lance B. Wickman

  Joy, Faithful, Promise

  Source: www.mormonnewsroom.org

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• Our mistakes, blunders, flaws, and shortcomings notwithstanding, the world America made after 1945 and 1989 has enjoyed the longest period of general peace in the west since Roman times, and decades of prosperity.

  Daniel Fried

  Mistake, America, World

  Source: www.politico.com

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• As an individual, you know what you are good at and what you're not good at, so over time as you are hiring, you should be hiring for the skill requirements as the rule, but you should also be thinking, "What am I less good at?" and knowing you need to hire those people to create a stronger team. Different personalities are good at different things, but as a leader and and entrepreneur, it often has to start with you and building around your shortcomings.

  Alexis Maybank

  Team, Thinking, People

  Source: www.elle.com

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• 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. And it is certainly impossible to imagine forgiving the enemy while their animus remains undefeated. Yet war doesn't end with armistice, it only ends with forgiveness and reconciliation.

  Chris Cleave

  War, Thinking, Forgiving

  "'We Don't Know Our Hearts Until Life Puts Us to the Test'--Chris Cleave on 'Everyone Brave Is Forgiven'". Interview with Erin Kodicek, www.amazonbookreview.com. May 31, 2016.

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• If America is to compete effectively in world markets, its corporate leaders must strategically position their companies in the right businesses, and then manage their workforces in the right ways. However, the nation has a shortage of business leaders who understand the importance of utilizing human capital to gain competitive advantage, let alone the know-how to do so. In the future, that shortcoming promises to be exacerbated because few business schools today teach aspiring executives how to create the kind of high-involvement organizations.

  James O'Toole

  School, Leader, Promise

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Everybody, male or female, needs to possess qualities that they expect others to uphold. Being aware of yourself and your actions allows you to assess your shortcomings in an honest way.

  Tig Notaro

  Quality, Female, Action

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• It's always a problem with television and with films, you always shoot things out of sequence, so you just take your best stab at every moment. You can't really - you'll drive yourself crazy if you dwell on the negative aspects of it or your shortcomings.

  Tony Shalhoub

  Crazy, Negative, Film

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• I believe that the mutual fund industry's biggest shortcoming is too much focus on the momentary price of a stock - an illusion - and too little focus on the intrinsic value of the corporation - the ultimate reality. I'm comforted by the fact that Warren Buffett feels the same way.

  John C. Bogle

  Believe, Reality, Focus

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Mostly, I make sure to stay keenly aware of my own shortcomings so that I am more patient with others.

  Karen Dawn

  Patient, My Own

  "Animal Advocate and Author Karen Dawn: The Welfare of Animals and the Earth". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Just like you, your partner wants to be loved for who they are, in spite of their shortcomings. Make an effort to let them know they are loved, even if some of their behavior is not. Work towards co-creative solutions.

  Arielle Ford

  Effort, Creative, Want

  "Nobody's Perfect: How to Reclaim the Joy in Your Relationship". Interview with Laurie Sue Brockway, www.everydayhealth.com. February 16, 2012.

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

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Mind, Unlimited, Ability

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.208, Penguin

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

  John Wooden

  Mentor, Important, Humans

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