quotations about weakness
Heaven forming each on other to depend,
A master, or a servant, or a friend,
Bids each on other for assistance call,
Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all.
ALEXANDER POPE
An Essay on Man
And the weak soul, within itself unbless'd,
Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
The Traveller
This is because we grow up in a society that tells us that this is an eat-or-be-eaten world. We grow up in a society that tells us that being weak is a sin, and that nobody else is to be blamed for this but yourself. Never mind that the world is already unequal as it is, that some people are already being discriminated on the basis of their race, color, and gender.
DON KEVIN HAPAL
"When the bell rings: My story of getting bullied", Rappler, January 17, 2017
Are you or aren't you convinced that weakness is a man's condition? How can you raise yourself if you haven't fallen first?
CESARE PAVESE
The Devil in the Hills
Anything that you cannot sacrifice pins you. Makes you predictable, makes you weak.
MARK LAWRENCE
Prince of Thorns
Weakness is the only fault which cannot be cured.
FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
Maxims
There are some that are bold and strong and incessant and energetic and hard, and to these is the world's glory; and some are timid and meek and impotent and cowardly and rejected and obscure.
WALTER BAGEHOT
Literary Studies
There is power in being weak as long as you work to be strong.
GARRICK BRIDGEFORTH
Words of the Bible Explained
Opposition's weakness is ruling's strength.
EDITORIAL STAFF
"Jagan's Weakness is TDP's Strength", Gulte, April 15, 2017
Throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people we most despise.
CHARLES DICKENS
Great Expectations
It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
OTTO VON BISMARCK
attributed, Bismarck and the German Empire
I think people are really driven by wanting to be cool. And it just depends on what their definition of cool is, but usually it includes "not being weak," and usually not being weak is defined as not liking things that ladies like.
AIMEE MANN
"The Simple Fix: Aimee Mann on Laughing Through Melancholy", Consequence of Sound, March 22, 2017
Men's weaknesses and faults are best known from their enemies.
FRANCIS BACON
The Advancement of Learning
I've known people who thought that reaching their potential would come from shoring up their weaknesses. But do you know what happens when you spend all your time working on your weaknesses and never developing your strengths? If you work really hard, you might claw your way all the way to mediocrity! But you'll never get beyond it.
JOHN C. MAXWELL
Leadership Gold
Earthly weakness is only a cover for who you truly are. Remove this garment in Love, not fear. Your weakness is a reflection of your humanity.
NICKOLAS MARTIN & LINDA M. MARTIN
The Two Voices Within: Balancing the Energies of Ego and Spirit to Enhance Your Life
The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.
MARLENE DIETRICH
"Weakness", Marlene Dietrich's ABC
That which yields, is not always weak.
JACQUELINE CAREY
Kushiel's Dart
She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. It is the feet of clay that make the gold of the image precious.
OSCAR WILDE
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Our weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters; but our strength is the forced fruit.
LADY BLESSINGTON
attributed, Day's Collacon
The devil knows your Achilles' heel and will try to use it.
ELIZABETH SMITH
God Speaks Through Ordinary Things