It is a sign of weakness to avoid showing signs of weakness.
I am neither romantic nor a visionary, and that is my weakness and perhaps my power; at any rate it is one difference. In less romantic and visionary terms, I am a Jew, (with powers of introspection and eclecticism attendant, perhaps. ) But I am alien to your natural grace, to the spirit which you would know as a participator in America.
I haven't any language weak enough to depict the weakness of my spiritual life. If I weakened it enough it would cease to be language at all. As when you try to turn the gas-ring a little lower still, and it merely goes out.
I had seen how in an instant, those you called friends could suddenly become tormentors, sniffing out a weakness or a difference, turning their own fear of ostracism into a weapon with which they could beat the victim away, afraid that being an outsider, and individual even, was somehow infectious.
Ah, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will.
Pride and weakness are Siamese twins.
Sin is disease, deformity, and weakness.
The most noticeable weakness of Congressmen is their timidity. They fear the use to be made of their "record. " They are afraid ofmaking enemies. They do not vote according to their convictions from fear of consequences.
My weakness for beautiful women is my most expensive vice, I still believe in matrimony, but I can't afford another try.
When we take time to quiet ourselves, we can all sense that our life could be lived with greater compassion and greater weakness.
The reason the Betsy DeVos case was the centerpiece case for the Democrats wasn't about her weakness as a knowledgeable person on education policy.
Non- reaction is not weakness, But Strength!
Woman's fatal weakness is to desire sympathy and comprehension. --"Wanda
Credulity is perhaps a weakness almost inseparable from eminently truthful characters.
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.
Confident and courageous leaders have no problems pointing out their own weaknesses and ignorance.
Who is apt, on occasion, to assign a multitude of reasons when one will do? This is a sure sign of weakness in argument.
Emphasize strengths, don't fix weaknesses.
Hearken, my believing reader. What is the cause of your weakness? Is it not because the fountain of life is little used? Is it not because you are resting on old experiences, and not daily gathering new manna—daily drawing new strength from Christ?