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“Some weak people are so sensible of their weakness as to be able to make a good use of it.”

People Use Able Weakness Weak Sensible Weak People

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Use law and physic only for necessity; they that use them otherwise abuse themselves unto weak bodies, and light purses; they are good remedies, bad businesses, and worse recreations.”

Use Body Light Law Weak Abuse Remedy Purses Recreation Bad Business

Book:Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles

Source: Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles

“Chantal's only ruse ... was her shattering simplicity. While a weak man or an imposter is always more complicated than the problem he is trying to solve, and thinking to encompass his adversary, merely keeps prowling interminably around himself, the heroic nature will throw itself into the heart of the danger to turn it to its own use, just as captured artillery is turned about and aimed at the backs of the fleeing enemy.”

Thinking Men Trying Heart Use Problem Turns Enemy Danger Weak Simplicity Complicated Solve Heroic Adversaries Captured Fleeing Shattering Imposter Artillery Weak Man Prowling

Author:Georges Bernanos

“Whereas, according to the declaration of that true man of the world Talleyrand, the use of language is to conceal the thoughts; this is to declare in the present instance, when I say I am not able to bear much talking, it means really, and without any mistake, or equivocation, or oblique meaning, or implication, or subterfuge, or omission, that I am not able; being at present rather weak in the head, and able to work no more.”

Men World Mean Use Able Language Mistake Talking Bears Weak Instance Declaration Implications Omission True Man Use Of Language Subterfuge

Author:Michael Faraday

“One of the most powerful aspects of service - being different. What is WOW? WOW! is great service! WOW! separates the EXTRAordinary from the ordinary. WOW! Separates the strong from the weak. WOW! separates the sincere from the insincere. WOW! separates the pro's from the con's. WOW! separates the yes's from the no's. WOW! is the full measure of your personal power, and the way you use it. WOW! is doing what others can't (or won't). WOW! is what you do for others in an exceptional way. WOW! is the ticket to success. Your ticket. Are you WOW?”

Way Different Use Strong Powerful Ordinary Aspect Weak Extraordinary Most Powerful Sincere Wow Tickets Exceptional Being Different Personal Power Great Service Insincere

Book:Customer Satisfaction is Worthless, Customer Loyalty is Priceless: How to Make Customers Love You, Keep Them Coming Back and Tell Everyone They Know

Source: Customer Satisfaction is Worthless, Customer Loyalty is Priceless: How to Make Customers Love You, Keep Them Coming Back and Tell Everyone They Know

“Definite gifts render their possessors capable of overcoming any obstacle this side of death; they create an impetus of far more genuine value than external advantages in some other career where the impulse to make use of them remains weak or non-existent. The work that one enjoys is the greatest source of happiness and vitality in life.”

Use Values Passion Enjoy Sides Work Careers Source Capable Advantage Weak Overcoming Remains Obstacles Genuine Impulse Definite Vitality Impetus Source Of Happiness

Book:On becoming a writer

Source: On becoming a writer

“Almost everywhere we find . . . the use of various coercive measures, to rid ourselves as quickly as possible of the child withinus--i.e., the weak, helpless, dependent creature--in order to become an independent competent adult deserving of respect. When we reencounter this creature in our children, we persecute it with the same measures once used in ourselves.”

Children Use Used Order Creatures Adults Weak Our Children Independent Various Dependent Helpless Competent Deserving

Book:For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence

Source: For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence

“Tis weak and vicious people who cast the blame on Fate. The right use of Fate is to bring up our conduct to the loftiness of nature.”

People Use Fate Weak Blame Casts Vicious

Book:The Conduct of Life

Source: The Conduct of Life

“I know something about that war, and I never want to see that history repeated. But, my fellow Americans, it certainly can be repeated if the peace-loving democratic nations again fearfully practice a policy of standing idly by while big aggressors use armed force to conquer the small and weak.”

Ifs Knows Want War Use Bigs Force Nations Practice Policy Standing Weak Fellows Democratic Defense Conquer Armed Forces Aggressors Repeating History

Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Football can teach us that although a team's individual players may be weak, it can still be successful if it uses common sense. Or that we should not attack anyone physically when we suffer a depressing defeat.”

Ifs Should May Stills Use Suffering Individual Common Teach Successful Player Team Football Weak Defeat Common Sense Being Successful Depressing

Author:Orhan Pamuk

“We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.”

Ifs Mean Use Strong Battle Weak Bravery Brave Active American Revolution Vigilant

Author:Patrick Henry

“God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him.”

Men Enough Use Weak Missions Christian Inspirational Missionary Motto Using Me Missions And Prayer Great Missionary Christian Missionary Inspirational Missionary Great Commission Christian Ministry Mission And Vision Mission Trip

Author:Hudson Taylor

“I often think that God must have been looking for someone small enough and weak enough for Him to use, and that He found me.”

Thinking Has Beens Enough Use Found Weak

Author:Hudson Taylor

“One of the greatest artifices the devil uses to engage men in vice and debauchery, is to fasten names of contempt on certain virtues, and thus fill weak souls with a foolish fear of passing for scrupulous, should they desire to put them in practice.”

Men Should Soul Use Desire Certain Names Practice Virtue Devil Weak Vices Foolish Passing Passings Contempt Artifice Debauchery

Author:Blaise Pascal

“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except upon the side of mercy.”

People Ifs Knows Men Giving Real Character Use Wish Easy Sides Bears Glory Weak Tests Mercy Absolutes Adversity Supreme Gentle Absolute Power Real Character Use Of Power

Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“It had the effect of cementing the Anglo-American alliance. What's the good of having bases if when you want to use them you're not allowed to by the home country. It made America realise that Britain was her real and true friend, when they were hard up against it and wanted something, and that no one else in Europe was. They're a weak lot, some of them in Europe you know. Weak. Feeble.”

Ifs Knows Want Made Real Country Hard Use Home Wanted America Effects Europe Weak Bases Britain Realising True Friend Alliances Home Country

Author:Margaret Thatcher

“An excuse is the tool our weak self uses to prevent our strongest self from reaching greatness.”

Self Use Greatness Tools Weak Excuse Reaching Strongest

Author:Robin Sharma

“He is the so-called father of the modern school of chess; before him, the King was considered a weak piece and players set out to attack the King directly. Steinitz claimed that the King was well able to take care of itself, and ought not to be attacked until one had some other positional advantage. He understood more about the use of squares than Morphy and contributed a great deal more to chess theory.”

Wells Use Care Able School Father Deals Pieces Player Modern Theory Ought Kings Understood Advantage Weak Take Care Chess Squares

Author:Bobby Fischer

“I prefer formal techniques, and use sonnets and rhyme, any manner of scheme to give a shape and order-of feeling as well as argument-to a poem. But all my life, I've also been a person who's made his bed in the morning and picks up the bath mat. That's what I mean by temperament. Whether genetic or acquired, I have a disposition to arrangements. One is born with this, as if with blue eyes or a weak heart. Do you think Allen Ginsberg ever put the cap back on his toothpaste?”

“Here one must think profoundly to the very basis and resist all sentimental weakness: life itself is essentially appropriation, injury, conquest of the strange and weak, suppression, severity, obtrusion of peculiar forms, incorporation, and at the least, putting it mildest, exploitation - but why should one for ever use precisely these words on which for ages a disparaging purpose has been stamped?”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich Nietzsche

“If you see what is small as it sees itself, and accept what is weak for what strength it has, and use what is dim for the light it gives then all will go well. This is called Acting Naturally.”

Ifs Giving Wells Use Light Acting Accepting Weak

Book:Tao teh king

Source: Tao teh king

“The right wing can use anything, and we have to make it very clear and I make it very clear that my love for the president in terms of protecting him and respecting him but also correcting, now all three of those are crucial, and if I can do all three, then the right wing can use it whatever they want, and I'm just clear where I stand, over against them but also critical when the president leans toward the strong, rather than the weak.”

Ifs Want I Can Use Three Strong President Term Can Do Clear Weak Wings Critical Crucial Right Wing Correcting

Author:Cornel West

“When the signal is weak, the phone is working more, you drain the battery faster, so only use a phone when the signal is weak in a true emergency.”

Use Weak Phones Faster Signals Emergencies Drains Batteries

Author:Devra Davis

“The influence of Sun Tzu on other North Vietnamese military strategists is harder to answer. Certainly many of the key leaders in Hanoi were aware of Sun Tzu and made use of his ideas - Vo Nguyen Giap applied many of these ideas in seeking out weak elements in the enemy's defenses, as did Truong Chinh, whose famous treatise, The Resistance Will Win (1947), cited the ideas of Mao Zedong as a model for the North Vietnamese to follow.”

Made Ideas Use Winning Answers Leader Enemy Sun Influence Military Keys Elements Models Weak Harder Seeking Defense Resistance Strategist Vietnamese Mao Hanoi

Author:William J. Duiker

“Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and statesmanship is irrelevant; fail to use them and it is weak.”

Use Social Progress Failing Movement Weak Instruments Irrelevant Symptoms Social Movements Statesmanship

Book:A Preface to Politics

Source: A Preface to Politics

“The God we serve does not seek out the perfect, but instead uses our imperfections and our shortcomings for his greater good. I am humbled by my own limitations. But where I am weak, He is strong.”

Doe Use Strong My Own Perfect Greater Weak Limitation Imperfection Shortcomings Greater Good

Author:Rick Perry

“An evil fate has deprived me of the full use of my right hand, so that I am not able to play my compositions as I feel them. The trouble with my hand is that certain fingers have become so weak, probably through writing and playing too much at one time, that I can hardly use them.”

Feels Writing I Can Play Use Hands Able Certain Evil Too Much Fate Trouble Weak Fingers One Time Composition Deprived

Book:The Letters of Robert Schumann

Source: The Letters of Robert Schumann

“Don't use such strong words. It'll only make you look weak.”

Looks Use Strong Weak Strong Words

Author:Tite Kubo

“To conclude, therefore, let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavor an endless progress or proficience in both; only let men beware that they apply both to charity, and not to swelling; to use, and not to ostentation; and again, that they do not unwisely mingle or confound these learnings together.”

Source: The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord High Chancellor of England

“The minds of human beings are not always entirely at one with the world in which they live, some people have trouble adjusting to reality, basically they're just weak, confused spirits who use words, sometimes very skillfully, to justify their cowardice.”

People World Mind Humans Sometimes Use Reality Spirit Human Beings Trouble Weak Confused Justify Cowardice Adjusting

Author:Jose Saramago

“If you want God to bless you and use you greatly, you must be willing to walk with a limp the rest of your life, because God uses weak people.”

People Ifs Want Life Use Christian Religion Walks Willing Weak Bless Rest Of Your Life Weak People

Author:Rick Warren

“God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives. Felt weakness deepens dependence on Christ for strength each day. The weaker we feel, the harder we lean. And the harder we lean, the stronger we grow spiritually, even while our bodies waste away. To live with your ‘thorn’ uncomplainingly — that is, sweet, patient, and free in heart to love and help others, even though every day you feel weak — is true sanctification. It is true healing for the spirit. It is a supreme victory of grace.”

“I defy you to try it, Princess. Go ahead. I don’t even know how to sweep a floor. All I know how to do is use my body to please others. I was sick and alone with no references, friends, family, or money. I was so weak from hunger that even a beggar stole your himation from me while I lay on the ground, wanting to die and unable to stop him from taking it. So don’t come here now with your disdainful eyes and look at me like I’m beneath you. I don’t need your charity and I don’t need your pity. I know exactly what you see when you look at me. (Acheron)”

Knows Needs Trying Looks Use Body Eye Dies Know How Please Weak Sick Lays Charity Hunger Pity Princess Look At Me Beggar Wanting To Die Family Friends

Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon

“It would seem as if the rulers of our time sought only to use men in order to make things great; I wish that they would try a little more to make great men; that they would set less value on the work and more upon the workman; that they would never forget that a nation cannot long remain strong when every man belonging to it is individually weak; and that no form or combination of social polity has yet been devised to make an energetic people out of a community of pusillanimous and enfeebled citizens.”

Source: Democracy in America -

“Lily and James only made you Secret-Keeper because I suggested it,” Black hissed, so venomously that Pettigrew took a step backward. “I thought it was the perfect plan... a bluff... Voldemort would be sure to come after me, would never dream they’d use a weak, talentless thing like you... It must have been the finest moment of your miserable life, telling Voldemort you could hand him the Potters.”

Has Beens Made Moments Use Dream Hands Would Be Black Perfect Secret Steps Plans Like You Weak Miserable Finest Potters Lilies Keepers Bluffs Miserable Life Finest Moments

Author:J. K. Rowling

“The demons of the Devil don't use your weak weaknesses against you, they use your strong ones. If you're rational and logical, they argue their case rationally and logically. If you're loyal and faithful, they turn those against you. If you're passionate and emotional, they make you passionate and emotional about your worse fears. Your weak weaknesses are no use to them.... They find the strongest weaknesses you didn't know were yours and use those against you.”

Ifs Knows Use Turns Strong Cases Emotional Weakness Devil Weak Passionate Arguing Rational Faithful Demon Logical Strongest Loyal Your Strong Loyal And Faithful

Author:Aidan Chambers

“I pause a second. He doesn't look at me the way Will, Christina, and Al sometimes do - like I am too small and too weak to be of any use, and they pity me for it.”

Way Looks Sometimes Use Weak Pity Als Pauses Look At Me Christina

Book:The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant

Source: The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant

“Mother Nature's ruthless to the weak, but isn't arbitrary cruel or negative. Mother Nature saves aggression for extreme situations, and instead uses consistent leadership--to help keep things running smoothly. Mother nature doesn't rule by fear and anger, but by calm strength and assertiveness.”

Helping Use Running Mother Situation Negative Weak Calm Extremes Consistent Aggression Arbitrary Ruthless Mother Nature Assertiveness Assertive

Author:Cesar Millan

“I looked at her. Sheila was my girl--the girl I wanted--and wanted for keeps. But it wasn't any use having illusions about her. Sheila was a liar and probably always would be a liar. It was her way of fighting for survival--the quick easy glib denial. It was a child's weapon--and she'd probably never got out of using it. If I wanted Sheila, I must accept her as she was--be at hand to prop up the weak places. We've all got our weak places. Mine were different from Sheila's, but they were there.”

Ifs Way Children Different Use Hands Would Be Wanted Girl Fighting Easy Accepting Mines Weapons Survival Illusion Weak Denial Liars Props My Girl Sheila

Author:Agatha Christie

“There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you — of kindness and consideration and respect — not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.”

“The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world not destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside ... Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them ... the weak will become prey to the strong.”

Source: Selected Writings of Thomas Paine

“Tell your readers to use it or lose it. If you don't use your muscles, they get weak. If you don't use your mind it begins to fail.”

Ifs Mind Use Loses Failing Reader Weak Optimistic Muscles Use It Or Lose It

Author:John Templeton

“God had no children too weak, but a great many too strong to make use of.”

Children Use Inspiration Strong Weak Great Men

Author:Dwight L. Moody

“Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge. Books are less often made use of as spectacles to look at nature with, than as blinds to keep out its strong light and shifting scenery from weak eyes and indolent dispositions. The learned are mere literary drudges.”

Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

“When we use stereotypes, we take in the gender, the age, the color of the skin of the person before us, and our minds respond with messages that say hostile, stupid, slow, weak. Those qualities aren't out there in the environment. They don't reflect reality.”

Mind Persons Use Reality Age Quality Environment Stupid Color Messages Weak Skins Gender Stereotype Hostile

Author:John Bargh

“I find drug use disrespectful, self destructive and weak. I want no part of it. I believe in complete respect for myself and others.”

Want Believe Self Use I Believe Drug Weak I Believe In Destructive Self Destructive Disrespectful Drug Use Self Destruct

Author:Davey Havok

“In making our decisions, we must use the brains that God has given us. But we must also use our hearts which He also gave us. A man who has not learned to say, No -who is not resolved that he will take God's way, in spite of every dog that can bay or bark at him, in spite of every silvery choice that woos him aside-will be a weak and a wretched man till he dies.”

Men Way Heart God Use Dies Choices Given Decision Brain Dog Weak Spite Wretched Bark

Author:Alexander MacLaren

“Why should not a writer be permitted to make use of the levers of fear, terror and horror because some feeble soul here and there finds it more than it can bear? Shall there be no strong meat at table because there happen to be some guests there whose stomachs are weak, or who have spoiled their own digestions?”

Should Soul Use Happens Strong Bears Horror Weak Tables Terror Meat Guests Here And There Spoiled Digestion Levers

Book:The Mutual Interdependence of Things (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

Source: The Mutual Interdependence of Things (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

“There is also the very real possibility that, in the justice of God, one of the reasons He uses the weak and the foolish of the world is so that no argument could be made later that certain people were advantaged in some unfair way by that which was unearned-either in the premortal life or here. Hence it seems prudent for us to realize that just because one is set apart or ordained to a certain calling or assignment he or she must not expect to be set apart from the stresses of life. There appear to be no immunities.”

People World Way Made Real Reason Use Seems Certain Realizing Justice Possibility Calling Argument Weak Stress Foolish Unfair Foolishness Prudent Assignments Immunity Justice Of God

Author:Neal A. Maxwell

“The exact process you use to build courage isn't important. What's important is that you consciously do it. Just as your muscles will atrophy if you don't regularly stress them, your courage will atrophy if you don't consistently challenge yourself to face down your fears. In the absence of this kind of conscious conditioning, you'll automatically become weak in both body and mind. If you aren't regularly exercising your courage, then you are strengthening your fear by default; there is no middle ground.”