It is very important for a priest, in the parish itself, to see how people trust in him and to experience, in addition to their trust, also their generosity in pardoning his weaknesses.
It’s important to air your concerns and fears with someone you trust. When you’re honest about how you can change and grow, and where your weaknesses are, then you open the door for improvement and change.
After so many books and so many years of writing, I have a good idea of my strengths and weaknesses. I love the process of writing and, if I allowed myself, I would write far too much every day. One weakness which I’ve struggled to overcome is my tendency to having my characters ruminate for pages.
One of those things that I like about TV is that if you get a group of people you like, you can work with these people for months at a time, and you can discover their strengths and weaknesses, and you can use those in the direction where you take the characters.
I have MMA strengths, but I need to build on my weaknesses.
You have to know your strengths and weaknesses. If you don’t have a particular strength, you need to go out and replace that.
The new generation of researchers must be given the skills and values – not just scientific ideals, but also awareness of human weaknesses – that will enable it to correct its forebears’ mistakes.
It’s more important to know your weaknesses than your strengths.
Breaking into a system or exposing its weaknesses is a good thing because truth and knowledge must win out.
I learned my weaknesses at the Asian Games and other competitions where I lost. My guard was down.
A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.
People and organizations don’t grow much without delegation and completed staff work because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses.
I had to take a hard look at myself and my strengths and weaknesses as a singer, songwriter and musician.
Weaknesses have a certain function in a poem… some strategy in order to pave the reader’s way to the impact of this or that line.
The Lord is well aware of our mortality. He knows our weaknesses. He understands the challenges of our everyday lives. He has great empathy for the temptations of earthly appetites and passions.
I don’t like to show my weaknesses.
Concentrate your strengths against your competitor’s relative weaknesses.
I’m hard on myself, so I’m working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses.
Nations need to understand their own strengths and weaknesses, and India’s tradition of dissent and democratic debate is a positive aspect.
Since others have to tolerate my weaknesses, it is only fair that I should tolerate theirs.
You learn from things that don’t go well, and you try to capitalize when they do. You build on those strengths and try to make your weaknesses stronger.
We all can relate to people’s weaknesses. We might put up a facade that everything is perfect but none of us are. When we see that weakness in somebody else, we understand or give ourselves a little bit of leeway.
I need to build my team around my weaknesses.
And I was very comfortable with this band even when we disagreed. It takes a long time to feel comfortable enough to disagree with somebody. When everything happened, it just was really confusing. It’s like our weaknesses were nurtured and brought out front by outsiders.
Whether we’re talking about leadership, teamwork, or client service, there is no more powerful attribute than the ability to be genuinely honest about one’s weaknesses, mistakes, and needs for help.
One of my favorite things to do is formulate powers for a character, then come up with their corresponding weaknesses and liabilities. And I delight in world-building: melding the supernatural with the natural, then tweaking and polishing until it feels organic.
My experience in decision-making has shown that patterns are tough to break. In the military, we study an opponent, looking for gaps, flaws, or weaknesses that can be exploited. Successful leaders at all levels in all disciplines conduct this kind of analysis.
In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering of passion and the weaknesses to which our nature is subject, as in the acquiring of virtue.
To discern what weaknesses and faults separate you from God, you must enter into your own inward ground and then confront yourself.
As women, we all have certain weaknesses. I know one who can’t resist pretty shoes but has nothing suitable to wear with them. Others adore frilly lingerie but never have any money to buy outer clothing.
The heptathlon is made up of seven events, and people have strengths and weaknesses.
The Enron scandal is worthy of the highest level of scrutiny, both because of the enormity of the crimes that may have been committed and because of what the largest bankruptcy in American history has already begun to reveal about the weaknesses in our nation’s corporate structures and regulatory oversight.
All directors have their strengths and weaknesses, as all actors have, and all artists. What you try to do is complete the relationship and take care of the stuff that the director won’t take care of.
Well, when the Raspberries ended in early 1975 suddenly I didn’t have to write to anybody’s strengths or weaknesses. I was completely wide open and I thought wow, I can write anything I want now. I can use session musicians. I can find another band that sings like the Beach Boys, I can do all kinds of things.
I’ve made peace with the fact that the things that I thought were weaknesses or flaws were just me. I like them.
There is not one style in particular that suits me. I think that every formation has its pros and cons. It’s crucial to have a coach who understands your strengths and weaknesses. Obviously, I prefer to play up front, close to the opponents. That way I can make use of my strengths in one-on-one situations.
I think there’s a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you’re making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you’re just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that’s perfectly acceptable.
Try to help others. Consult their weaknesses, relieve their maladies; strive to raise them up, and by so doing you will most effectually raise yourself up also.
You always have certain strengths and certain weaknesses, and you want to compensate for your weaknesses… I have a real duty to earn the trust of the faculty. I don’t just deserve it. I have to earn it.
There’s weaknesses in every fighter.
Art is very much about making your weaknesses your strength.
Resilient people aren’t afraid to admit they have weaknesses. Whether an effective leader acknowledges problems within an organization, or an individual recognizes areas in need of personal growth, resilient people use failure as an opportunity to spot their weaknesses.
I have no weaknesses. I have no weaknesses at all.
At the combine and at my workouts, I tried to be the perfect player. I tried to promote my strengths and conceal my weaknesses, and on paper, I kind of succeeded: I was the first pick in the draft. And with that, I inherited this big shiny trophy that I carried around, and it had one word engraved on it – anxiety.
I’ve got to know my strength and weaknesses and the same for my competitors.
The financial crisis revealed important weaknesses in many areas of our financial system.
I think I’m very strong at dialogue, I think I’m very strong in characterization. I think sometimes I use dialogue and character work to cover weaknesses in my plotting.
Team members need to be able to admit their weaknesses and mistakes, to acknowledge the strengths of others, and to apologize when they do something wrong.
I even ate chips because I love the crunchy sound they make. And I didn’t give much thought to what I was eating or what I was putting inside my body, except hummus, of course, which is one of my weaknesses.
I forgive all personal weaknesses except egomania and pretension.
Shoes and watches are my weaknesses.
What really makes a hero a hero is if you take that person’s hand, and you walk with that person, and they have a lot of weaknesses, but in the end, they overcome all of their obstacles.
I have to enhance the strengths but be honest about our weaknesses and get the players to consider a new way of doing some things.
Weaknesses are part of human nature. What matters are the consequences they can have on a squad.
There’s not an orchestra in the world that doesn’t have weaknesses. None of us can play everything well. The repertoire is just too big.
Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent’s greatest strength – not his weaknesses – to place him immediately on the defensive.
An Englishman bears with patience any ridicule which foreigners cast upon him. John Bull never laughs so loudly as when he laughs at himself; but the Americans are nationally sensitive and cannot endure that good-humoured raillery which jests at their weaknesses and foibles.
