“Weakness with watchfulness will stand, when strength with too much confidence fails. Weakness, with acknowledgement of it, is the fittest seat and subject for God to perfect his strength in; for consciousness of our infirmities drives us out of ourselves to him in whom our strength lies.” StrengthWeaknessInfirmities Book:The Bruised Reed Source: The Bruised Reed
“I told Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson, then age 105, that she was the only person over 80 who I'd ever met who never referred to her physical infirmities or health problems. To which she replied, "I have my difficulties; I do not rejoice in them.” AgePositive ThinkingSurvivalWomanPositive AttitudeAilmentsInfirmities Book:It Is Well with My Soul: The Extraordinary Life of a 106-Year-Old Woman Source: It Is Well with My Soul: The Extraordinary Life of a 106-Year-Old Woman
“Everybody here is infirm. Everybody here is infirm.” DeathPoetryLossGriefPoemIllnessMourningInfirmities Author:Gwendolyn Brooks
“Ah, when one has not the gift of rendering one's grief superbly and transforming it into literary or musical passages which weep magnificently, the best thing is to keep still about it.” ComplainingArtistryInfirmities Book:Là-bas Source: Là-bas