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Weakness Quotes - Page 17

She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.

Oscar Wilde (1997). “Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis”, p.125, Wordsworth Editions

Sometimes our weakness is considered strength, and we take delight in borrowed greatness.

Meher Baba's message dictated to Sanjeeva Reddy at Guruprasad (June 6, 1960), as quoted in Charles Benjamin Purdom "The God Man: The Life, Journeys and Work of Meher Baba with an Interpretation of His Silence and Spiritual Teaching" (p. 353), December 25, 1964.

Our weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters; but our strength is the forced fruit.

Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.105

Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.34, Courier Corporation

My weakness, that is, my quadriplegia, is my greatest asset because it forces me into the arms of Christ every single morning when I get up.

"Joni Eareckson Tada on Wilberforce Award, 'Better Off Dead Than Disabled' Mentality". Interview with Eryn Sun, www.christianpost.com. March 16, 2012.

I have discovered an astonishing truth. God is attracted to weaknesses.

Jim Cymbala (2010). “Fresh Wind Fresh Fire: What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Hearts of His People”, p.13, ReadHowYouWant.com

Knowledge is one. Its division into subjects is a concession to human weakness.

Sir Halford John Mackinder (1962). “Democratic Ideals and Reality: With Additional Papers”