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Letter "W" » Weakness
«The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak»
«There's a basic human weakness inherent in all people which tempts them to want what they can't have and not want what is readily available to them.»
«The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.»
Author: Andrew Carnegie
(Industrialist, Philanthropist)
| About:
Compromise,
Weakness
| Keywords:
admission, admissions, compromise, compromised, contradictories, contradictory, sounds
«The weakest among us has a gift, however seemingly trivial, which is peculiar to him, and which worthily used, will be a gift to his race forever»
«We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power.. the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.»
Author: Patrick Henry
(Lawyer)
| About:
Nature,
Power,
Struggle,
Weakness
| Keywords:
The Battle, The God, vigilant
«Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| About:
Attitude,
Character,
Inspiration,
Weakness
| Keywords:
attitude, becomes, character, weakness
«The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.»
«So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof»
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(President)
| About:
Politeness,
Sincerity,
Weakness
| Keywords:
anew, civilities, civility, remembering, sides, sincerity, subject to
«That deed which in our guilt we today call weakness, will appear tomorrow as an essential link in the complete chain of Man»
Author: Kahlil Gibran
(Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Mankind,
Weakness
| Keywords:
chain, link, The Complete
«Our strength grows out of our weaknesses»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Strength,
Weakness
| Keywords:
grows, weaknesses
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