Quotes About Vulnerability

Similarities between this and that, between apparently unconnected things, make us clap our hands delightedly when we find them out. It is a sort of national longing for form – or perhaps simply an expression of our deep belief that forms lie hidden within reality; that meaning reveals itself only in flashes. Hence our vulnerability to omens..

Oh, alas, alas for his debauched children, flesh of his flesh, heir to all his failings and none of his strenghts!... was it hard to judge a ten-year-old boy in this way? Yes, of course it was, but these were not boys. They were little gods, the despots of the future: born, unfortunately, to rule. He loved them. They would betray him. They were the lights of his life. They would come for him while he slept. The little assfuckers. He was waiting for their moves.

This floor is a cold floor. I should get up off this floor. There's still a fat fellow over there, and he's pointing a pistol at my heart.

Honesty can force any dysfunction in your life to the surface. Are you in an abusive relationship? A refusal to lie to others – How did you get that bruise? – would oblige you to come to grips with this situation very quickly. Do you have a problem with drugs or alcohol? Lying is the lifeblood of addiction. If we have no recourse to lies, our lives can unravel only so far without others noticing. Telling the truth can also reveal ways in which we want to grow but haven't.

Nothing that a Christian and a Muslim can say to each other will render their beliefs mutually vulnerable to discourse, because the very tenets of their faith have immunized them against the power of conversation.

Footballers are an easy target. They are offered big lines of credit. Every sport is vulnerable; its such a big gambling industry, and there are problems with syndicates in other countries.

I don't think I'm unbeatable, nobody is

I used to beat myself up everyday if I did not win an event. I am quite open about those things now and that has been a big change.

That's just it. What if I can't protect you? I'll be outnumbered, outgunned. What if I can't get you out of there?

No one feels strong when she examines her own weakness. But in facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

Our greatest strength lies in the gentleness and tenderness of our heart.

Your fragility is also your strength.

Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.

The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness.

I now know myself to be a person of weakness and strength, liability and giftedness, darkness and light. I now know that to be whole means to reject none of it but to embrace all of it.

Be proud of your scars. They have everything to do with your strength, and what you've endured. They're a treasure map to the deep self.

Surrendering is not a weakness. At the contrary it is strength. The surrender stops living in boiling water and starts living in a secure place.

Our strength grows out of our weakness.

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

We must relearn how to cry. A strong man cries; it is the weak man who holds back his tears.

Your life's short, don't ever question the length / It's cool to cry, don't ever question your strength.

Even the most powerful human being has a limited sphere of strength. Draw him outside of that sphere and into your own, and his strength will dissipate.

It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.