I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.
What we dislike in others is often a weakness in our own lives.
It is the doctrine of the oligarchy that there is nothing that we hold in common, that the commonwealth is a myth, that it is even a sign of softheadedness and weakness. The oligarchical power feeds on the sense that we are all individuals, struggling on our own, and ennobled by the effort.
There's a basic human weakness inherent in all people which tempts them to bitterly want what they can't have and ungratefully not want what is readily available to them.
And using that - the birth of a religion, it suggests that you have got two tests. You have the test of weakness. When you're weak, do you compromise, do you bend, do you give in, do you accommodate? And then the test of strength. When you're strong, are you merciful, are you generous, or are you cruel?
A little cooling down of animal excitability and instinct, a little loss of animal toughness, a little irritable weakness and descent of the pain-threshold, will bring the worm at the core of all our usual springs of delight into full view, and turn us into melancholy metaphysicians.
Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.
Love is selfless, it is a weakness, a giving in, a constant falling.
Endure, put up with whatever comes your way, learn to overcome weakness and pain, push yourself to breaking point but never cave in. If you don't learn that lesson, you'll never succeed as an elite athlete.
In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.
Drew Callahan is my absolute weakness. Like a drug I can't get enough of. He's my addiction and if I'm honest with myself, I'm not looking to kick that particular habit anytime soon.
The valor that struggles is better than the weakness that endures.
Not to discover weakness is The Artifice of strength.
I'm a decent cook, and I will try to cook anything. My only weakness is that I don't know servings - I only know how to make a lot.
There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness.
One of the weaknesses of the company now is it is a bit cheap and cheerful and overly nasty, and that reflects my personality.
I like to write for actors I know and with whom I've worked before. You can write to their strengths and weaknesses and write roles that are better suited to them.
Apparent confusion is a product of good order; apparent cowardice, of courage; apparent weakness, of strength.
We have basic urges all the time. They just manifest themselves in different scenarios, and we have to turn those weaknesses into our strengths. Art is very much about making your weaknesses your strength.
I guess we didn't even officially apologize. Jesse Jackson called on the United States to officially apologize to the Chinese. Jesse said, 'An apology is not a sign of weakness. ' And as President Clinton has taught us, an apology isn't even a sign you're sorry.