Quotes About Weakness

Rejoice in your insufficiency, knowing that My Power is made perfect in weakness.

Was it courage that made her take the last step, or weakness? Was it loss that walked her to the edge, or a search for freedom?

No, his repentance parts the water so that our (weak) repentance can stand up in that water.

his son was a weak and mentally unstable young man with sadistic inclinations—which went a long way toward explaining his current flirtation with the British—

A third weakness of relativism is that cultural relativism as a normative system cannot be drawn from the observations of the cultural relativist.

A fourth weakness of relativism is that it provides no way to arbitrate among competing cultural value claims.

A sixth weakness of relativism is that it allows no room for moral reformers or prophets.

It waits till we're weak before it reveals its strength.

In time, you'll come to understand that a state like ours cannot afford to offer up a show of weakness for honesty's sake.

Locke blinked and cursed his condition; he'd heard sailors talk of "dry drunk"—the stupidity, weakness, and irritability that seized a man in great want of water

For the social phobic, any kind of performance—musical, sporting, public speaking—can be terrifying because failure will reveal the weakness and inadequacy within. This in turn means constantly projecting an image that feels false—an image of confidence, competence, even perfection.

Fear arises from a weakness of mind and therefore does not appertain to the use of reason. —BARUCH SPINOZA (CIRCA 1670)

Maybe they didn't want you to realize that every civilization has its weakness. There's always one thing we depend on. And if someone takes it away all that's left is some story in a history class.

these things I am certain: you're not calling me to be the fourth member of the Trinity; I'm not the whole body of Christ; you do promise sufficient grace; you will give wisdom to those who ask; and your strength is made perfect in weakness—in my weakness.

Because the gospel is true, because Jesus is the precious "living Stone" (1 Pet. 2:4–8), I will not despair when I am weak in concentration and focus. Indeed, Father, you're not calling me to trust in my ability to trust, but to trust in you—in your trustworthiness, not in mine.

My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Cor. 12:9–10)

Princess." He smiled up at me, but it was weak. "If i'd known that this is what it would take to get you to hold me, I would've collapsed a long time ago.

Republicans always try to paint Democrats as weak on defense. This time, they can't. After all, Mitt Romney's idea of an overseas accomplishment is sending U.S. jobs there.

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

I'm willin' for any solution - religious, political. I'm not going to keep offerin' to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. It indicates a weakness on our part.

The best time to give feedback to strong people is when they're feeling weak, and to weak people when they're feeling strong.

The weakest of all weak things is a virtue which has not been tested in the fire.

today i will find strength in my weakness

Why, you simple creatures, the weakest of all weak things is a virtue which has not been tested in the fire.