Quotes about weakness of Man

In this world is a God whose matchless strength is a fit contrast to the sordid weakness of man. Votes: 6

Women deluded by these sentiments, sometimes boast of their weakness, cunningly obtaining power by playing on the weakness of men; and they may well glory in their illicit sway, for, like Turkish bashaws, they have more real power than their masters: but virtue is sacrificed to temporary gratifications, and the respectability of life to the triumph of an hour. Votes: 5

The weakness of men is the facade of strength; the strength of women is the facade of weakness. Votes: 4

The Lord bears all the weaknesses of men, but He does not bear a man who is always murmuring, and does not leave Him without chastisement. Votes: 4

All people, entrepreneurs as well as non-entrepreneurs, look askance upon any profits earned by other people. Envy is a common weakness of men. People are loath to acknowledge the fact that they themselves could have earned profits if they had displayed the same foresight and judgment the successful businessman did. Votes: 4

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity. Votes: 3

I thought surrendering was a weakness; instead it's the strongest thing a man or a woman can ever do, to acknowledge our Creator who's in control of all things. Votes: 2

Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength Votes: 1

Man's biological weakness is the condition of human culture. Votes: 1

When a Spanish man cries it's not a sign of weakness. Votes: 1

Forgiveness is hard for me, man. It is for most American-Western males. It's a sign of weakness. Votes: 1

As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war. Votes: 1

Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines. Votes: 1

I'm just like any other man. I understand why people become reclusive. One of my weaknesses is that I sometimes allow people in that shouldn't be in my life. Votes: 1

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution. Votes: 1

Never test another man by your own weakness. Votes: 0

Man's greatest weakness is his love for life. Votes: 0

Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength. Votes: 0

The force of arms only reveals man s weakness. Votes: 0

No man loses his freedom except through his own weakness. Votes: 0

Real true faith is man's weakness leaning on God's strength. Votes: 0

Woman's weakness, not man's merit, oftenest gains the suitor's victory. Votes: 0

When a Spanish man cries it's not a sign of weakness Votes: 0

You can see the weakness of a man right through his iris. Votes: 0

A man's strength is ultimately born of his knowledge of his own weakness ... Votes: 0

It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong. Votes: 0

The moment a man or a woman becomes angry they show a great weakness. Votes: 0

There are weakness and strengths of every man. Focus and build on your strengths Votes: 0

What makes a man stand up and work? Strength. Strength is goodness, weakness is sin. Votes: 0

Levity of behavior, always a weakness, is far more unbecoming in a woman than a man. Votes: 0

We must remember how apt man is to extremes--rushing from credulity and weakness to suspicion and distrust. Votes: 0

Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,--like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is. Votes: 0

Every man finds his limitations, Mr. Holmes, but at least it cures us of the weakness of self-satisfaction. Votes: 0

A wise man is able to differentiate between humility and weakness, he does not mistake courage for pride. Votes: 0

The real victim of bigotry is the white man who hides his weakness under his myth of superiority. Votes: 0

Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man. Votes: 0

I can attack a man's weakness and beat him. Or I can attack a man's strengths and break him. Votes: 0

Is it courage in a dying man to go, in weakness and in agony, to affront an almighty and eternal God? Votes: 0

Man doth not yield him to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will. Votes: 0

In my caterpillar experience, a man's weakness always lies in their past, where all their dirty laundry is buried," he sighs cheeringly. Votes: 0

The wise man understands his weakness and seeks to find a lesson from it. The fool lets it control and destroy him. Votes: 0

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? Votes: 0

Weakness' is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes. Votes: 0

...as man under pressure tends to give in to physical and intellectual weakness, only great strength of will can lead to the objective. Votes: 0

That deed which in our guilt we today call weakness, will appear tomorrow as an essential link in the complete chain of Man. Votes: 0

Man is the broken giant, and in all his weakness both his body and his mind are invigorated by habits of conversation with nature. Votes: 0

The Child, the Lord Jesus Christ . . . Word in our flesh, Wisdom in infancy, Power in weakness, and in true Man, the Lord of Majesty. Votes: 0

People see weakness in a woman and they want to help. They see weakness in a man and they want to stamp it out Votes: 0

I believe what I write to be the truth...every man who is not indifferent to the truth has a weakness for spreading it about. Votes: 0

a great man always knows better than to explain unless an explanation is demanded. To rush into explanations and excuses is always a sign of weakness. Votes: 0

Modern man's difficulties, dangerous beliefs and feelings of loneliness, spiritual emptiness,and personal weakness are caused by his illusions about, and separation from, the natural world. Votes: 0

As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war. Votes: 0

Neither is it safe to count upon the weakness of any man's understanding, who is thoroughly possessed of the spirit of revenge to sharpen his invention. Votes: 0

The man who discovers a woman's weakness is like the huntsman in the heat of the day who finds a cool spring. He wallows in it. Votes: 0

Go after a man's weakness, and never, ever, threaten unless you're going to follow through, because if you don't, the next time you won't be taken seriously. Votes: 0

Wisdom is considered a sign of weakness by the powerful because a wise man can lead without power but only a powerful man can lead without wisdom. Votes: 0

To say that man is a compound of strength and weakness, light and darkness, smallness and greatness, is not to indict him, it is to define him. Votes: 0

But evil is a cunning force. It can find the weakness in any man, even the bravest. [...] It only takes a single weak moment to let evil in. Votes: 0

The man who wishes to understand himself thoroughly must with his unrest, uncertainty, and even his weakness and sinfulness, with his life and death, draw near to Christ. Votes: 0

For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences. Votes: 0

It is a sad weakness in us, after all, that the thought of a man's death hallows him anew to us; as if life were not sacred too. Votes: 0

Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless. A man can be humble and courageous. Votes: 0

Passionate expression and vehement assertion are no arguments, unless it be of the weakness of the cause that is defended by them, or of the man that defends it. Votes: 0

Man seems merely dust postponed: the sublime as an encounter - pleasurable, intoxicating, even - with human weakness in the face of strength, age and size of the universe. Votes: 0

Every man has a weakness!" he patiently explained. "I'll find theirs, I promise you." "Every man?" "Yes," he answered emphatically. ... "What is your weakness, Brodick?" she asked. "You. Votes: 0