Quotes About Weakness

You see, I could no longer be trusted around beautiful things and my weakness was apparent

Defects and weakness in men's understandings, as well as other faculties, come from want of a right use of their own minds; I am apt to think, the fault is generally mislaid upon nature, and there is often a complaint of want of parts, when the fault lies in want of a due improvement of them.

Strength is an empty shell.

Blind obedience is a sign of weakness. Faithful obedience is a sign of strength.

Now there is a source of future weakness in the idea of power assumed only for a term limited and defined. A Parliament near its end becomes helpless and unable to act. When the period fixed, or supposed to be fixed, is approaching, power will slip away. Disappointed people, men impatient of having to wait, hungry, jealous, reluctant supporters, will gravitate in other directions, will promote rivalry, will speed the parting chief, will magnify the rising sun.

It is dangerous, at any time, to multiply sources of weakness.

"Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools"

A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.

She pulled away and was alarmed to find herself still weak-kneed. Embarrassed, she glared at him. "You tricked me!" "On the contrary, you tricked me. You are very deceitful. Never once have you hinted that you were passionate. You were most unsporting to take me unawares. I might have fainted.

You're only as strong as your biggest weakness.

Just remember, there's not a lot of softness in his life, or room for weakness—of which you're definitely one. He has absolutely no idea what to do with you, and as an action guy, that's confusing to him. So maybe think about taking it easy on him. Even just a little bit.

I can't think in your presence. Why not? Because looking at you is like... She tossed up her hands. It's like walking down the chips and cookie aisle at the grocery store. I can't resist you, and then I'll forget why you're bad for me.

Well, perhaps you've caught me at a rare moment of weakness. The greatest gift is to be loved as I have been loved. As I love.

God never promised to take away our problems, but He did promise to meet our deepest needs, often through our weakness.

The human mind isn't a terribly logical or consistent place. Most people, given the choice to face a hideous or terrifying truth or to conveniently avoid it, choose the convenience and peace of normality. That doesn't make them strong or weak people, or good or bad people. It just makes them people.

I had seen the Titan's weakness: She had the vices of her virtues.

I don't want to live in a world where the strong rule and the weak cower. I'd rather make a place where things are a little quieter.

I lay still, hoping to fool my captor into thinking I was barely conscious and weak as a kitten. Which should be easy, since I was. I've never really had much ambition as a performer.

Aurora turned her lovely face fully toward me and regarded me with deep, quiet eyes. "Yes." Unease gnawed at my belly as she continued. "The strong conquer and the weak are conquered. That is Winter. That is what you have learned." She leaned closer and said, quietly emphatic, "That is what makes you dangerous. Do you see?

This process, one of trading the state to outside owners in exchange for their (it now seems) entirely temporary agreement to enrich us, in toher words the pauperization of California, had in fact begun at the time Americans first entered the state, took what they could, and, abetted by the native weekness for boosterism, set about selling the rest.

The weak fear happiness itself. They can harm themselves on cotton wool. Sometimes they are wounded by happiness.

Why can't they see, mon père? Why can't they see what the woman is doing to us? Breaking down our community spirit, our sense of purpose. playing on what is worst and weakest in the secret heart. Earning for herself a kind of affection, of loyalty that - God help me! - I am weak enough to covet.

A devil doesn't act through evil, but through weakness...

You couldn't have strength without weakness, you couldn't have light without dark, you couldn't have love without loss