quotations about weakness
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
ERIC HOFFER
The Passionate State of Mind
And the weak soul, within itself unbless'd,
Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
The Traveller
Sometimes, being weak is more beneficial than being too strong. Being strong brings in attack but being weak attracts help. The hard and stiff can be broken, but the soft and flexible will prevail.
JOSHUA CHOON-MIN KANG
"The Secret Contained in the Smallest, Weakest Step", Christianity Today, July 29, 2016
As my own body ignores my wishes and gives way beneath me, what I now realize is this: much strength lies in our ability to bravely accept weakness, which inevitably comes to us all. It requires so much more bravery and courage to lay down your weapon, turn to those around you and say "Help me. I have nothing left. Will you carry me for a while?" Instead of perpetually fighting, running away from weakness and remaining in denial, there comes a time when it is all the more honorable and courageous to stop, turn, and fully embrace your weakness.
SAMUEL WATERS
"Cancer Chronicles: Heroes of Weakness", Falls Church News-Press, February 4, 2016
Anything that you cannot sacrifice pins you. Makes you predictable, makes you weak.
MARK LAWRENCE
Prince of Thorns
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
Weakness is the only fault which cannot be cured.
FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
Maxims
There is power in being weak as long as you work to be strong.
GARRICK BRIDGEFORTH
Words of the Bible Explained
It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
OTTO VON BISMARCK
attributed, Bismarck and the German Empire
Each life stage involves a critical psychological conflict or crisis that must be resolved unceasingly if the human being is to remain psychologically alive ... there is a focal tension or conflict between a positive, growth-oriented strength and a negative growth-impeding weakness; and healthy growth requires that the individual obtain a preponderance of the designated strength over the weakness, though the weakness is never entirely overcome.
ALLAN HUGH COLE
Converging Horizons: Essays in Religion, Psychology, and Caregiving
Opposition's weakness is ruling's strength.
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"Jagan's Weakness is TDP's Strength", Gulte, April 15, 2017
We are not so easily gilded by our most prominent weaknesses, as by those of which we are least aware.
ARTHUR HELPS
Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours.
RICHARD BACH
Illusions
Our weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters; but our strength is the forced fruit.
LADY BLESSINGTON
attributed, Day's Collacon
Throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people we most despise.
CHARLES DICKENS
Great Expectations
The devil knows your Achilles' heel and will try to use it.
ELIZABETH SMITH
God Speaks Through Ordinary Things
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
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
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
A weak man is often so good that he is good for nothing.
E. P. DAY
Day's Collacon