Weakness Quotes - Page 8

• Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.

  Jonathan Swift

  Strength, Men, Knowing

  Jonathan Swift (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)”, p.896, Delphi Classics

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• Whenever the strength of a belief strongly steps into the foreground, we must infer a certain weakness of demonstrability and the improbability of that belief.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Steps, Belief, Certain

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• Your weaknesses are not an accident but deliberately allowed, very interesting phrase, deliberately allowed in your life for the purpose of demonstrating His power through you.

  Rick Warren

  Interesting, Purpose, Phrases

  "The Purpose Driven Life". Book by Rick Warren, Page 273, www.christianpost.com. 2002.

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• Of all human weakness obsession is the most dangerous. And the silliest.

  Woody Allen

  Obsession, Dangerous, Humans

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• Weakness is a great bully without knowing it.

  Margaret Deland

  Knowing, Bully

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• The feeble howl with the wolves, bray with the asses, and bleat with the sheep.

  Madame Roland

  Sheep, Ass, Howl

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• To weep is a sign of weakness, of bondage.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Bondage

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2236, Manonmani Publishers

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• Problems, weaknesses, setbacks, regrets and mistakes teach you if you're willing to learn, or they punish you if you're not.

  Ralph Marston

  Regret, Mistake, Problem

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• There is more freedom confessing our weaknesses and shortcomings than in pretending we have it all together

  LeCrae

  Together, Pretending, Confessing

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• We are so inculcated with guilt that we think that weakness is a sin or that it is some crime against nature to be submissive.

  Anton Szandor LaVey

  Thinking, Guilt, Sin

  "The Satanic Bible". Book by Anton Szandor LaVey, 1969.

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• From aquaintances we conceal our real selves. To our friends we reveal our weaknesses.

  Basil Hume

  Real, Self, Real Self

  Basil Hume (2002). “Searching for God”, p.233, Gracewing Publishing

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• Building up a weakness just makes you less disabled. Building a strength can take you to the top of the world.

  John Elder Robison

  Building Up, World, Disabled

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• Weakness is something we don't like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more compassion for it.

  Olivia Wilde

  Compassion, People, Feels

  "Olivia Wilde: 'Divorce made me a better actress'". www.today.com. July 13, 2011.

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• When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Fear, Yield, Mind

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.1133, Delphi Classics

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• The weak can be terrible because they try furiously to appear strong.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Strong, Trying, Terrible

  Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.445, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

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• Many a time comes when we want to interpret our weakness and cowardice as forgiveness and renunciation.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Forgiveness, Coward, Want

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.417, Manonmani Publishers

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• Vulnerability is not weakness.

  Brené Brown

  Vulnerability

  Brené Brown (2007). “I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough"”, p.79, Penguin

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• We should not be discouraged or depressed by our shortcomings. No one is without weakness. As part of the divine plan, we are tested to see whether we master weakness or let weakness master us. Proper diagnosis is essential to proper treatment. The Lord gave us this remarkable assurance: "Because thou hast seen thy weakness thou shalt be made strong" (Ether 12:37). But wishing for strength won't make us strong. It takes faith and work to shore up a weakened cord of integrity.

  Russell M. Nelson

  Strong, Integrity, Wish

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• We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.

  Sophie Swetchine

  Inspirational, Hype, Support

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• Coach Lombardi showed me that by working hard and using my mind, I could overcome my weakness to the point where I could be one of the best.

  Bart Starr

  Nfl, Mind, Overcoming

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• Knowledge is one. Its division into subjects is a concession to human weakness.

  Halford Mackinder

  Division, Humans, Subjects

  Sir Halford John Mackinder (1962). “Democratic Ideals and Reality: With Additional Papers”

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• You got to keep all your weaknesses away, and my weakness is women. I love women too much. Which has definitely road-blocked me. I just try my best to channel my energy to other things and remain focused while making my work as fun as everything else.

  Bow Wow

  Fun, Trying, Energy

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• All writers have strengths and weaknesses. I am terrified of being boring, so I write short, compressed stories that sometimes don't give a reader time to think about what they have read. I struggle to slow down.

  Susan Cheever

  Struggle, Writing, Thinking

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• I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch.

  Rachel Maddow

  Sleep, Light, Rooms

  "Bay Area's Maddow is cable talk's newest star". Interview with Joe Garofoli, www.sfgate.com. September 11, 2008.

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• Tender inner weaknesses, revolting at mild touches of censure, are like diseased parts of the body, recoiling before even delicate handling.

  Sri Yukteswar Giri

  Body, Delicate, Diseased

  "Autobiography of a Yogi". Book by Paramahansa Yogananda, 1946.

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