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What is bad? All that proceeds from weakness.
What is bad? All that proceeds from weakness.
You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, read more
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?
The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. read more
The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. They are insatiable. They are always parched and always bitter. They are everyone's concern and like vampires they suck our life's blood.
Our strength grows out of our weakness.
Our strength grows out of our weakness.
Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, read more
Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, while recognizing defects, sees beyond them.
Even the weakest is thrust to the wall.
Even the weakest is thrust to the wall.
There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.
There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.
Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.
Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men read more
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.