Quotes About Inadequacy

It almost felt like too much, just by the sad weight of its being so little.

After Peter came to recognize his own inadequacy, his utter inability to fulfill his destiny apart from obedience to his only true responsibility, he became a rock-solid leader. As his story unfolds in the book of acts, we can clearly see that when Peter kept his eyes on Jesus and followed Him, others followed to. And they followed by the thousands. Needed today: more Peters.

I felt dreadfully inadequate. The trouble was, I had been inadequate all along, I simply hadn't thought about it.

Perfection is terrible, it cannot have children.

I had been inadequate all along, I simply hadn't thought about it. The one thing I was good at was winning scholarships and prizes, and that era was coming to an end. I felt like a racehorse in a world without race-tracks...

For the first time in my life, sitting there in the soundproof heart of the UN building between Constantin who could play tennis as well as simultaneously interpret and the Russian girl who knew so many idioms, I felt dreadfully inadequate. The trouble was, I had been inadequate all along, I simply hadn't thought about it.

For the first time in my life, sitting there in the soundproof heart of the UN building between Constantin who could play tennis as well as simultaneously interpret and the Russian girl who knew so many idioms, I felt dreadfully inadequate. The trouble was, I had been inadequate all along, I simply hadn't thought about it.

The trouble was, I had been inadequate all along, I simply hadn't thought about it.

Insults are the last resort of an insecure man with a crumbling argument

To breathe was patently an act of will, each time more was taken than was needed, and yet found to be inadequate.

So many Christians today see a system in which they cannot measure up and so they feel unworthy. The church seems to have failed them.

Kate immediately felt like a worm.

I don't know,' he said irritably. 'Is it meant to improve you?' She swiveled toward him, eyes wide with shock. 'Because nothing could,' he added. Her mouth dropped in astonishment. Blotchy scarlet rushed her complexion. One would have thought he'd shot her. Oh dear God! He realized belatedly how wrong it had sounded. 'No! God... that is to say.. nothing is necessary to improve you. Nothing could possibly make you better... than you already are.

I knew right then and there nothing was ever going to change. It wouldn't matter if I was tall or short or fat or thin or absent every day. I was a loser from birth.

Las palabras nunca alcanzan cuando lo que hay que decir desborda el alma

Todo tan insuficiente, tan de más o de menos.

He was frustrated essentially because he wanted to be Niels Bohr or Albert Einstein, and he knew he wasn't." Weil

I could never be James Bond.

There's always jealous people out there.

I think people feel jealous when they feel they may be left behind by those they have relationships with or can't keep up with people they actually admire.

Jealousy is a scary thing.

Jimmy Carter as President is like Truman Capote marrying Dolly Parton. The job is just too big for him.

I told jokes badly.

The prospect of future lives in remote heavens as a compensation for the inadequacy of our present lives is a bad tradeoff for losing out on the present.