quotations about weakness
Strength alone knows conflict; weakness is below even defeat, and is born vanquished.
MADAME SWETCHINE
"Airelles", The Writings of Madame Swetchine
"What do you consider to be your biggest weakness?" Most job applicants have encountered this interview question multiple times. They have subsequently become adept at dodging it completely. Usually, this is achieved by dressing up a positive attribute as a "weakness".
CHRIS JAGER
"Killer Interview Question: What Is Your Greatest Weakness That's Not A Secret Strength?", Lifehacker, April 10, 2017
Weakness can never be beautiful, either morally or physically: and though the feminine type may possess greater softness and more feeling, it must be active, firm, and healthy, or it cannot be beautiful: the weak mind, distracted by alternations of feeling, and constant craving for help and sympathy from others, cannot at the same time possess that tenderness and unselfish devotion which is the loveliest trait of the female character.
M. MARTELL
attributed, Day's Collacon
Neither our strength nor our weakness is taken into the account, but the lone I, like the sun in the heavens, shines out resplendent in all sufficiency. Peace, you unbelieving thoughts--be still and know that the Lord reigns.
CHARLES SPURGEON
3-Minute Devotions with Charles Spurgeon: Inspiring Devotions and Prayers
Your awareness of your weakness is a blessing as it helps you remain humble and keeps you turning to the Savior. The Spirit not only comforts you, but He is also the agent by which the Atonement works a change in your very nature. Then weak things become strong.
HENRY B. EYRING
Deseret News, March 25, 2017
As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.
JACK LONDON
The Star Rover
The basest person is capable of perceiving the weaknesses of the greatest, the most stupid, the errors in the thought of the most intelligent.
THEODOR W. ADORNO
Minima Moralia
Weak people believe what is forced on them. Strong people what they wish to believe, forcing that to be real.
GENE WOLFE
Shadow & Claw
The greater part of this difficulty -- and perhaps the most slippery part of the upper path -- is the temptation to judge ourselves -- to loath ourselves for whatever that "weakness" is that now sits exposed. The act of judging ourselves in times like these seems natural and even necessary if we hope to ever "outgrow" our own limitations as revealed. But this kind of self-laceration is a Trojan horse within whose dark recesses lies hidden a certain fact that, once perceived, frees us from the torment of self-judgment.
GUY FINLEY
The Secret of Your Immortal Self: Key Lessons for Realizing the Divinity Within
Now go save your kingdom from the eight-legged monster whose only weakness is popcorn flavored jelly beans!
KRISTINA CURTIN
A Muse with a Story
The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.
GEORGES BIDAULT
London Observer, July 15, 1962
When imperialism feels weak, it resorts to brute force.
HUGO CHÁVEZ
speech, January 31, 2005
A sneer is the weapon of the weak.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
Conversations on Some of the Old Poets
In the world there are only two ways of raising one's self, either by one's own industry or by the weakness of others.
JEAN DE LA BRUYÈRE
attributed, Forty Thousand Quotations
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
And yet I wasn't sure what his weakness was. We all do that as we get to know someone. Like a tabloid editor, we search for both greatness and weakness, jotting down notes in our heads for future exploitation. We are never comfortable with those who have no visible flaw.
WAYNE ELISE
The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
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
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
Achilles, without his heel, you wouldn't even know his name today.
STAN LEE
"Stan Lee: From Marvel Comics Genius to Purveyor of Wonder with POW!", PR, March 13, 2006
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