“Freedom is born of self-discipline. No individual, no nation, can achieve or maintain liberty without self-control. The undisciplined man (or woman) is a slave to his own weaknesses.” MenSelfIndividualNationsBornLibertyAchieveDisciplineWeaknessSlaveIndividualityMasterySelf ControlSelf DisciplineSelf MasteryUndisciplined Author:Alan Valentine
“The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength -each asking from the other instead of finding pleasure in giving. It is even more deceptive to dream of gaining through the child a plenitude, a warmth, a value, which one is unable to create for oneself; the child brings joy only to the woman who is capable of disinterestedly desiring the happiness of another, to one who without being wrapped up in self seeks to transcend her own existence.” GivingChildrenWarSelfDreamJoyLyingValuesIndividualPleasureExistenceMarriageFindingsCapableWeaknessAskingOneselfCurseWarmthDeceptivePlenitude Author:Simone de Beauvoir
“If we do not respect ourselves, we are on the one hand forced to despise those who have so few resources as to consort with us, so little perception as to remain blind to our fatal weaknesses. On the other, we are peculiarly in thrall to everyone we see, curiously determined to live out — since our self-image is untenable — their false notions of us… We play roles doomed to failure before they are begun, each defeat generating fresh despair at the urgency of divining and meeting the next demand made upon us.” IfsLittlesMadeSelfPlayHandsNextRolesDemandDespairPerceptionWeaknessResourcesBlindMeetingsNotionDefeatDeterminedDespiseDoomedUrgency Author:Joan Didion
“I feel a little more tired than usual, ... Ive had to recover from everything, my illnesses and things this summer. Its not perfect circumstances, but Im definitely going to be out there and hopefully have my letdown after the Open ... I think Ill go in mentally a lot better. When it comes down to it I dont think anyone really wants to play me because I have a lot of weapons and not a ton of weaknesses. My main weakness would probably be an occasional self-destruction mode. So Ill try not to touch that red button accidentally.” ThinkingWantFeelsTryingLittlesSelfPlayPerfectCircumstancesSummerWeaponsWeaknessRedDestructionTiredIllIllnessHopefullyUsualButtonsOccasionalNot PerfectSelf DestructionLetdowns Author:Venus Williams
“Liberty without discipline cannot survive. Without order and authority in the spirit of man the free way of life leads through weakness, disorganization, self-indulgence, and moral indifference to the destruction of freedom itself. The tragic ordeal through which the Western world is passing was prepared in the long period of easy liberty during which men forgot the elementary truths of human existence. They forgot that their freedom was achieved by heroic sacrifice.” MenWorldWayLifeLongSelfSpiritOrderEasyLibertyMoralRightsSacrificeDutyPeriodsAuthorityWeaknessDestructionPreparedWesternCleverPassingPassingsPreparationIndifferenceTragicEnlightenedHeroicSensibleCynicalCynicismIndulgenceWestern WorldOrdealsSelf IndulgenceDisorganization Author:Walter Lippmann
“Vanity is a weakness. I know this. It's a shallow dependence on the exterior self, on how one looks instead of what one is. I know this well... Vanity and dishonesty may be vices, but they're also the first forms of protection I ever knew.” KnowsFirstsWellsLooksMaySelfFormWeaknessVicesProtectionVanityShallowDependenceDishonestyExterior Author:Dennis Lehane
“Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength.” MaySelfRememberHouseForgetWeaknessSelfishnessEgotismDwellingForget You Book:Ordination addresses and counsels to clergy Source: Ordination addresses and counsels to clergy
“To be true to ourselves, however, is not an easy task. We must break free of the seductions of society and live life on our own terms, under our own values and aligned with our original dreams. We must tap our hidden selves; explore the deep-seated, unseen hopes, desires, strengths and weaknesses that make us who we are. We must understand where we have been and where we are going.” Has BeensSelfDreamDesireValuesEasyTermBreakWeaknessTasksOriginalsBeing TrueLive LifeWho We AreSeductionUnseenStrength And WeaknessEasy Tasks Author:Robin Sharma
“The rock is a field of battle between our weakness and our strength. We wouldn't touch rock if we were perfectly self-controlled. And he who would climb and live must continuously wage this battle and never let folly win. It's an outrageously demanding proposition. But I never said it was easy.” IfsSaidSelfWinningEasyRocksFieldsBattleWeaknessFollyClimbsControlledPropositions Author:Royal Robbins
“I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.” ThinkingI CanImportantSelfBigsStuffEgoWeaknessSelfishTriggersBig Ego Author:K. D. Lang