Quotes About Shortcomings

My shadow is only half of what it should be. Everyone has their shortcomings.

History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior.

I believe that Jesus Christ existed and that He died for my sins. And I believe that what He said in the Gospels is a model for the way I should try to lead my life and that I will always fall short of that and, therefore, need Him to redeem me.

God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the world.

No shortcomings of other people cause us to be more intolerant than those which are caricatures of our own.

I've fallen short in my career, in MMA, but it is what it is. You're going to do that. I just wanted opportunities.

The while we keep a man waiting, he reflects on our shortcomings.

My shortcomings are no excuse for others acting in that way," Wallander said. "Not my superior in any case.

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself; and my shortcomings and inconsistencies do not affect the truth of my statement.

Yes, our country has its shortcomings, but there's no moral equivalency between democracy and totalitarianism…There's no moral equivalency between propaganda and the truth.

We're all slight hypocrites who fall short of our ideals.

Sometimes we say, "I didn't want to do it, but it's stronger than me, it pushed me. So that is a seed, a habit energy, that may have come from many generations in the past.We can smile at our shortcomings, at our habit energy. With awareness, we have a choice; we can act another way. We can end the cycle of suffering right now.

You don't sell the product... You sell the customer his own self-doubt. You sell his shortcomings... You have to figure out what he's missing in himself and you wrap that up in a bow and sell it to him... Works like a charm.

Sitting at rest know not to discuss the shortcomings of other people Setting out on a journey fully appreciate the beauty of the dragon river

Las gentes son iguales en todo el mundo: todas carecen de algo, todas caen enfermas, todas actúan con necedad, y todas sucumben a la ambición.

Group ideology is privileged far above a member's experience, conscience, and integrity. If a member doubts or has critical thoughts about those beliefs, it is due to their own shortcomings.

Even when we make mistakes, we hope others will love us in spite of our shortcomings - even if we don't deserve it.

So he found it a relief and a delight to be treated with something less than royal respect. Meg's shafts of wit were never cruel, and she aimed them most often at herself. Trevyn had seen her with the wolves; he knew her courage. Her merciless honesty concerning her own shortcomings was a different kind of courage, he thought, and he admired her for it.

In considering what Tess was not, he overlooked what she was, and forgot that the defective can be more than the entire

In considering what Tess was not, he overlooked what she was and forgot the defective can be more than the entire

But the man who is not afraid to admit everything that he sees to be wrong with himself, and yet recognizes that he may be the object of God's love precisely because of his shortcomings, can begin to be sincere. His sincerity is based on confidence, not in his own illusions about himself, but in the endless, unfailing mercy of God.

The intelligentsia have largely ignored or downplayed the things in which Americans lead the world—including philanthropy, technology, and the creation of life-saving medicines—and treated the errors, flaws and shortcomings that Americans share with human beings around the world as special defects of "our society.

To sin. To miss the mark ... We try and we fail, like archers who aim for the target but fall short of the mark. When you are older and have swum out into the stream of life, you'll see- there are no 'good' people, little girl. We're all trying and failing, trying too hard and failing too often. Remember that. We shouldn't judge too harshly, in the end, the sins of others ... Sometimes I think the only things we have in common with one another are our shortcomings.

Sometimes I think the only things we have in common with one another are our shortcomings