Quotes about Weakness

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Origin
“All cruelty springs from weakness.”
— Seneca
Weakness
“She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.”
Weakness
“The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear.”
Weakness
“Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.”
Weakness
“The weakest and most timorous are the most revengeful and implacable.”
Weakness
“The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.”
Weakness
“The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.”
Weakness
“The weakest spot in any person is where they think themselves to be the wisest.”
Weakness
“The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.”
Weakness
“You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?”
Weakness
“Some of our weakness is born in us, some of it comes through education; it is a big question as to which gives us the most trouble.”
Weakness
“A woman of mystique is fully aware of her flaws and weaknesses, yet she is strong enough to admit them and not be embarrassed by them.”
Weakness
“Union of the weakest develops strength not wisdom. Can all men, together, avenge one of the leaves that have fallen in autumn? But the wise man avenges by building his city in snow.”
Weakness
“The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. They are insatiable. They are always parched and always bitter. They are everyone's concern and like vampires they suck our life's blood.”
Weakness
“It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; that they are showing the way when they are running away; that they see the light when they feel the heat; that they are chosen when they are shunned.”
VerifiedReflections on the Human Condition (1973) · evidenceWeakness