#weakness

If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#capabilities #dull #grow #human #human beings

We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#arts #fight #get #helping #helping people

It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness. ↗

— Moshe Dayan

#cause #demonstration #governments #into #israel

A strong man cannot help a weaker unless the weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition. ↗

— James Allen

#help-self #quotes #quotes-i-love #quotes-on-life #quotes-that-make-sense

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#becomes #character #weakness

We have not sought this conflict; we have sought too long to avoid it; our forbearance has been construed into weakness, our magnanimity into fear, until the vindication of our manhood, as well as the defence of our rights, is required at our hands. ↗

— Robert Toombs

#been #conflict #construed #defence #fear

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels. ↗

— Voltaire

#both sides #know #motto #quarrels #sides

We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness. ↗

— Bern Williams

#every #every time #grow #little #somebody

The MC has to be just that, a master in control. They can show no signs of weakness. ↗

— Saul Williams

#just #master #show #signs #weakness

It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong. ↗

— Wendell Willkie

#concentrated #dictators #free #government #government power