Weak Quotes - Page 33

• It is not great men who change the world, but weak men in the hands of a great God.

  Brother Yun

  God, Christian, Religious

  Brother Yun, Paul Hattaway (2009). “The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun”, p.3, Hendrickson Publishers

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• While he was watching the ships, Buttercup shoved him with all her strength remaining. [...] Down went the man in black. [...] "You can die too for all I care," she said, and then she turned away. Words followed her. Whispered from far, weak and warm and familiar. "As...you...wish..."

  William Goldman

  Men, Black, Wish

  "The Princess Bride". Book by William Goldman, 1973.

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• Love is too weak a word for what I feel - I luuurve you, you know, I loave you, I luff you, two F's, yes.

  Woody Allen

  Romantic, Love Is, Two

  Annie Hall, www.imdb.com. 1977.

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• The failures are not due to any injustice, but to an inner defect. It is always caused by the person himself. Yes, I know, you think you are doing an act of justice. But they will only suck you dry, wear out your energy, nourish themselves on your ideas. After being the most compassionate man in the world, I say to you today: Let the weak ones die, let them commit suicide.

  Anais Nin

  Suicide, Men, Thinking

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• I'm losing myself trying to compete With everyone else instead of just being me Don't know where to turn I've been stuck in this routine I need to change my ways Instead of always being weak I don't wanna be afraid I wanna wake up feeling beautiful today And know that I'm okay 'Cause everyone's perfect in unusual ways You see, I just wanna believe in me

  Demi Lovato

  Beautiful, Believe, Perfect

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• Those that yield are not always weak

  Jacqueline Carey

  Yield

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• It makes one realize that the physicality if our world is a boundary to us only if our will is weak; a true champion can accomplish things that a normal person would think impossible.

  Garth Stein

  Thinking, Our World, Champion

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

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• Oh darling, don't be bitter. It's the first instinct of the weak.

  Sarah Dessen

  Firsts, Bitter, Instinct

  Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.89, Penguin

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• It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness.

  Edgar Rice Burroughs

  Criminals, Wickedness, Characteristics

  Edgar Rice Burroughs (2015). “The Son of Tarzan: Mystery & Adventure Story”, p.18, 谷月社

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• There's something wrong with the brakes." He didn't recognize his shaky, weak voice. He pumped them again. Nothing.  "There's something wrong with the BRAKES?" "I don't think we have any." "We don't have any BRAKES?" "Bro, it doesn't help to repeat everything I say!" Jonah yelled.

  Judy Blundell

  Thinking, Voice, Helping

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• Heroes like you always have a weak spot. We just have to find it, and then we can kill you. Won't that be lovely? Have a cheese 'n' Wiener!

  Rick Riordan

  Hero, Lovely, Weak Spots

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• Mother Nature's ruthless to the weak, but isn't arbitrary cruel or negative. Mother Nature saves aggression for extreme situations, and instead uses consistent leadership--to help keep things running smoothly. Mother nature doesn't rule by fear and anger, but by calm strength and assertiveness.

  Cesar Millan

  Mother, Running, Negative

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• Who then will dare to say I'm weak or timid? No, they'll say I'm loyal as a friend, ruthless as a foe, so much like a hero destined for glory.

  Euripides

  Hero, Loyal, Glory

  Euripides (2006). “Medea”, p.70, Oxford University Press

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• I can't imagine how anyone can say: "I'm weak," and then remain so. After all, if you know it, why not fight against it, why not try to train your character? The answer was: "Because it's so much easier not to!

  Anne Frank

  Character, Fighting, Trying

  Anne Frank, General Press (2016). “The Diary of a Young Girl”, p.165, GENERAL PRESS

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• He leaned heavily on the desk now, as if danger had strengthened him before and its lack now made him weak.

  Kristin Cashore

  Danger, Made, Desks

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Graceling”, p.134, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Julius Tallow was a fool. He appeared complacent, but like a weak swimmer out of his depth, his legs were kicking frantically under the surface, trying to keep him afloat. Whatever happened, Nathaniel did not intend to sink with him.

  Jonathan Stroud

  Trying, Depth, Kicking

  Jonathan Stroud (2004). “The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Two: Golem's Eye”, Disney-Hyperion

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• Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you--gently, with love, and hand your life back to you, like something gold you let go of--and I can! I'm determined to do it--and nothing's more determined than a cat on a tin roof--is there?

  Tennessee Williams

  Beautiful, Letting Go, Giving Up

  Tennessee Williams (1971). “The Theatre of Tennessee Williams: Cat on a hot tin roof. Orpheus descending. Suddenly last summer”

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• The truth was, Azoth hated Azoth. Azoth was a coward, passive, weak, afraid, disloyal. Azoth had hesitated. Master Blint didn’t know it, but the poisons on the needle had killed Azoth. He was Kylar now, and Kylar would be everything Azoth hadn’t dared to be.

  Brent Weeks

  Coward, Would Be, Poison

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• But down through the centuries, man has developed a mind that separates him from the world of reality, the world of natural laws. This mind tries too hard, wears itself out, and ends up weak and sloppy. Such a mind, even if of high intelligence, is inefficient. It drives down the street in a fast-moving car and thinks its at the store, going over a grocery list. Then it wonders why accidents occur.

  Benjamin Hoff

  Moving, Thinking, Reality

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• I need the protection of seeming weak.

  Veronica Roth

  Needs, Protection, Seeming

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• A weak man in a corner is more dangerous than a strong man.

  Agatha Christie

  Strong, Men, Weak Man

  "The Under Dog: And Other Stories".

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• Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime. [. . . ] You begin to get weak in the knees. Your head's in a whirl. And then you feel light as a feather, and before you know it, you're walking on air. And then you know what? You're knocked for a loop, and you completely lose your head!

  Walt Disney

  Light, Air, Knees

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• The thing that impressed me then as now about New York… was the sharp, and at the same time immense, contrast it showed between the dull and the shrewd, the strong and the weak, the rich and the poor, the wise and the ignorant… the strong, or those who ultimately dominated, were so very strong, and the weak so very, very weak - and so very, very many.

  Theodore Dreiser

  Wise, Strong, New York

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• It's okay to accept things from people. It doesn't make you weak or helpless.

  Sarah Dessen

  People, Accepting, Okay

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.230, Penguin

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• The times I have tried to get close to someone resulted in me feeling threatened and weak.

  Henry Rollins

  Feelings, Threatened

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