Sayings about Weakness
The weakness of an enemy forms part of our own strength. ~ Traditional Proverb
The strongest among the weak is the one who doesn’t forget his weaknesses. ~ Danish Proverb
Only he who knows his own weaknesses can endure those of others. ~ Japanese Proverbs
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. ~ Danish Proverbs
Misfortune does not visit the weak-hearted. ~ Russian Proverbs
If you make yourself into a doormat, people will wipe their feet on you. ~ American Proverbs
Things that are weak will break, as men do who think they are strong. ~ Turkish Proverbs
If you let everyone walk over you, then you become a carpet. ~ Bulgarian Proverbs
If the rope is weak, pull gently. ~ Dutch Proverbs
The anger of a woman is mighty and the devil’s trickery weak. ~ Tunisian Proverbs
The weakest goes to the wall. ~ Traditional Proverb
When I am weak, then am I strong. ~ Bible
Thick body, weak soul. ~ Iranian Proverbs
It is a sign of weakness just to let things happen. ~ Arabian Proverbs
If there is a strong general, there will be no weak soldiers. ~ Chinese Proverbs
You do not fall because you are weak, you fall because you think you are strong. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Quotations About Weakness
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. ~ John Henry Boetker
Seven days without prayer makes one weak. ~ Author Unknown
Ambition, old as mankind, the immemorial weakness of the strong. ~ Vita Sackville-West
Woman gives herself as a prize to the weak and as a prop to the strong, and no man ever has what he should. ~ Cesare Pavese
Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,–like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is. ~ Christian Nestell Bovee
Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend. ~ Josh Billings
Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses. ~ Madame Marie Anne du Deffand
All cruelty springs from weakness. ~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca
It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fragile. Men, not women, are the weaker sex. ~ Jerry Rubin
The weak may be joked out of anything but their weakness. ~ Johann Georg von Zimmermann
Pity makes the world soft to the weak and noble to the strong. ~ Edwin Arnold
Weak dogs become bones for other, stronger dogs. ~ Tad Williams
The weakness of women has been given them to call forth the virtues of men. ~ Madame Suzanne Curchod Necker
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
If you think a weakness can be turned into a strength, I hate to tell you this, but that’s another weakness. ~ Jack Handy
To be weak is miserable, doing or suffering. ~ John Milton
Weak people cannot be sincere. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time. ~ Cardinal De Rets
You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand? ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
Weakness is the only fault that is incorrigible. ~ Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong. ~ Marlene Dietrich
The weakest spot in any person is where they think themselves to be the wisest. ~ G. Emmons
Weakness of conduct is but the consequence of weakness of conviction: for the strongest of all the prints of human action is human belief. ~ Francois Pierre G. Guizot
Weakness indicates dependence, and there is a degree of trust and tenderness also in it. ~ Eugene Sue
The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak. ~ Jacques Benigne Bossuet
Some weak people are so sensible of their weakness as to be able to make a good use of it. ~ Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
Weakness is oftentimes so palpable as to be equivalent to wickedness. ~ George Sand
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful. ~ Wallace D. Wattles
Weakness is more opposed to virtue than is vice. ~ Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
I make my weaknesses my strengths and my strengths stronger. ~ Lisa Fernandez
In a just cause the weak will beat the strong. ~ Sophocles
The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear. ~ Edmund Burke
There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends. ~ James Russell Lowell
Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides. David Hare
But the concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear. ~ Edmund Burke
Weaknesses, so called, are nothing more nor less than vice in disguise! ~ Johann Kaspar Lavater
Men are in general so tricky, so envious, and so cruel that when we find one who is only weak, we are too happy. ~ Voltaire
It is the weak man who urges compromise — never the strong man. ~ Elbert Hubbard
The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss. ~ Thomas Kempis
The weakest and most timorous are the most revengeful and implacable. ~ Thomas Fuller
Conceit in weakest bodies works the strongest. ~ William Shakespeare
Our strength grows out of our weakness. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it. ~ Stanislaw J. Lec
Our worries always come from our weaknesses. ~ Joseph Joubert
As long as I fear my weakness, I am stronger than when I trust my strength. ~ Ivan Panin
Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. ~ Calvin Coolidge
Weakness and ambivalence lead to war. ~ George Bush
Even the weak become strong when they are united. ~ Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
Delusion and weakness produce not one mischief the less, because they are universal. ~ Edmund Burke
Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. ~ Orison Swett Marden
How many weak shoulders have craved heavy burdens! ~ Joseph Joubert
We are not so easily guided by our most prominent weaknesses as by those of which we are least aware. ~ Sir Arthur Helps
The highest point to which a weak but experienced mind can rise is detecting the weakness of better men. ~ Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Football doesn’t build character. It eliminates weak ones. ~ Darrell Royal
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life. ~ Margot Asquith
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them. ~ Anatole France
The weak-minded man is the slave of his vices and the dupe of his virtues. ~ Jean-Antoine Petit-Senn
Some of our weaknesses are born in us, others are the result of education; it is a question which of the two gives us most trouble. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Never be afraid to expose a weakness in yourself. Exposing a weakness is the beginning of strength. ~ Robert Anthony
We justly consider women to be weaker than ourselves, and yet we are governed by them. ~ Sebastien-Roch-Nicolas de Chamfort
Many take pleasure in spreading abroad the weakness of an exalted character. ~ Sir Richard Steele
Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points. ~ Knute Rockne
Though it is weakness to love, oftentimes it is another weakness to cease to love. ~ Du Coeur
We always weaken whatever we exaggerate. ~ Jean Francois de la Harpe
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak. ~ Molier
The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear. ~ Edmund Burke
The weak in courage is strong in cunning. ~ William Blake
When you find your opponent’s weak spot, hammer it. ~ John Heisman
Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence? ~ Abraham Lincoln
A strong foe is better than a weak friend. ~ Edward Dahlberg
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