Lord, may the pain be ours, And the weakness that it brings, But at least give us the strength, Of not showing it to anyone!
To be conscious of one's weakness and to trust in God's help is the way to authentic strength and victory.
Emphasize strengths, don't fix weaknesses.
Do not be deceived! The busiest people harbor the greatest weariness, their restlessness is weakness--they no longer have the capacity for waiting and idleness.
I have tried to show as clearly as possible that the very characteristics and weaknesses of temperament with which we were born. . . can be transformed into their exact opposites and can therefore produce in us the loveliest of all qualities.
During normal times or boom times, there are some parts of the business that are going to so well, that that can cover for weakness and other parts of the business. What happens during recessions, is you have less windfalls just helping you cover mistakes. You have to be more careful about not making mistakes.
To have weakness is not to be flawed--it's to be complete.
Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.
What’s my greatest weakness? Sad stories, people with problems
There are highly gifted spirits who are always infertile simply because, owing to a weakness in temperament, they are too impatient to wait out their pregnancy to term.
Humility is not weakness; it is the epitome of strength. Humility moves a person away from human, personal weakness and limitation into divine expression, strength, and expansion.
Akrasia" [weakness of will] in rational beings is as common as wine in France.
From aquaintances we conceal our real selves. To our friends we reveal our weaknesses.
Nature reacts not only to physical disease, but also to moral weakness; when the danger increases; she gives us greater courage
The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear.
They [Republicans] assume that military action always shows strength, while avoiding military action always shows weakness. That's just crazy.
Usually I write about what I care about, which is a weakness but I think also a strength.
I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can't experience life without feeling life. What I've learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it's a strength.
The military sensed weakness, exploited it and played Barack Obama. Obama's foreign policy has been consistently hawkish despite this reluctant warrior schtick that he pulls. But at the end of the day a reluctant warrior is still a warrior. Look at the drone strikes, the tripling of the war in Afghanistan, and now Libya. I'm convinced that had Obama been in the Senate in 2003 he would have voted for the Iraq war. He's clearly easily convinced by his advisers and the Pentagon.
If you have love in you, it's a strength. But if you are in love, it's a weakness.