Showing weakness and showing fear and letting people in was a huge part of my comeback.
And yet you see the weakness of external evidence-and outward miracles; they were not sufficient to make true believers, or to make the Israelites believe that Jesus was their promised Messiah.
Brittle masculinity, in the right setting, becomes political atrocity. Strength brings problems; weakness brings others, but weakness posing as strength is the most dangerous of all.
Cars are my weakness, what can I tell ya? I like to buy cars.
Part of the problem with America is that letting go of emotions is viewed as a weakness, but it’s my strength. That enabled me to write my songs.
If I have a weakness, it’s probably ice cream. That’s where I get lax, sloppy. I’ll sneak into the refrigerator at night and take two or three bites and put it back. Butter pecan. Only two or three bites, but it shows.
I think publishing’s strength is also its weakness. It’s got such a rich and celebrated history as an industry. For the most part, publishing people are incredibly creative, business is done based on the strength of relationships, and the product being peddled is books.
I would say my weakness is the political encyclopedia, but I don’t think it matters that much for what Trump needs.
It seems to me the big weakness in most films is the writing. You can learn directing, but you can’t learn writing.
Increasingly, the state system has been eroding. Terrorists have exploited this weakness by burrowing into the state system in order to attack it.
Too often, wealthy people born on third base blithely criticize the poor for failing to hit home runs. The advantaged sometimes perceive empathy as a sign of muddle-headed weakness rather than as a marker of civilization.
I also believe that Hurricane Katrina did reveal a weakness in our energy supply systems, highlighting the reliance this country has on the gulf coast for our energy resources.
I look at eating well as an investment. But burgers are my weakness.
Sweetness is the opposite of machismo, which is everywhere – and I really don’t get on with machismo. I’m interested in sensitivity and weakness and fear and anxiety because I think that, at the end of the day, behind our masks, that’s what we are.
My body is just built different. Some people try to look at it as a weakness, but I look at it as a blessing.
I made a commitment to myself that I’d stick at this and not let weakness in too quickly, that I’d do the best shows I could and make the best songs I can make.
Women’s strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.
I feel like you can’t trust a cat. I feel like a cat’s got an ulterior motive. The moment you show any weakness to a cat, the cat is gonna take over.
Being vulnerable is not a weakness.
I must confess that flowers are my weakness and I love receiving them, especially Indian fragrant flowers – Mogra, Rajnigandha, Sontakka, etc.
I understand why creative people like dark, but American audiences don’t like dark. They like story. They do not respond to nervous breakdowns and unhappy episodes that lead nowhere. They like their characters to be a part of the action. They like strength, not weakness, a chance to work out any dilemma.
Growing up, I’d always been told that my biggest weakness was my body and how that was probably going to hold me back from accomplishing my dreams.
We always knew that name-recognition wise, that was really my one weakness.
Jewelery is my weakness. Whenever I see any jewellery, I am unable to control myself. My daughters or somebody has to cool me down.
Taken as a whole, Europe’s share of world output is projected to fall by almost a third in the next two decades. This is the competitiveness challenge – and much of our weakness in meeting it is self-inflicted. Complex rules restricting our labour markets are not some naturally occurring phenomenon.
Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.
Venture capital is an inherently optimistic form of investment – which is both its primary strength and its primary weakness.
Salazar’s record is one of weakness; he hasn’t been a good attorney general.
I enjoy talking with my male friends, but a lot of them are not actors. If I’m talking to my peers, I wouldn’t give out information that would be perceived as a sign of weakness.
The Apple has the fewest bells and whistles. It has simple sound and few graphics special effects. In a way, that is a weakness because markets for the other machines are getting bigger.
The Who on record were dynamic. Roger Daltrey’s delivery allowed vulnerability without weakness; doubt and confusion, but no plea for sympathy.
In the past, I have assumed the word ‘vulnerability’ equates with the word ‘weakness’ and ‘This Is Us’ shows us that it is in fact the opposite.
It’s hard to let new stuff in. And whether that admits a weakness, I don’t know.
I want roles without anger and feistiness. I want to show weakness and sadness, some love, some happiness.
My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.
I have moments of weakness, but mostly I brush the criticism off… Who cares if I’m not a size zero? I don’t want to be. I love my body; I’m healthy, I work out.
Pain is weakness leaving the body.
The fundamental weakness in the Tea Party machine is the stark difference between what the leaders of the Tea Party elite – plutocrats like the Koch Brothers -want and what the average grassroots Tea Party follower wants.
It’s probably an intellectual weakness, but I look at the stars, and I say, ‘There’s something bigger than us out there.’
As a result of the absence and weakness of black men, blacks have allowed every ungodly thing to influence their communities.
I believe in discipline, so I’m not the right person to cry about weakness and things like this, but maybe I’m not human.
Without hesitation, I’m voting Emmanuel Macron. Everything about the campaign of Marine Le Pen, despite its dressing of sovereignty, exudes fear and weakness.
I see myself as having this innate weakness that a lot of times will get confused with kindness, but I know that it’s often more weakness than kindness.
In the garment trades, on the other hand, the presence of a body of the disfranchised, of the weak and young, undoubtedly contributes to the economic weakness of these trades.
The lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis is plain: Strength prevents war; weakness invites it. We need a commander-in-chief who understands that – and who won’t leave us facing a foe who thinks he doesn’t.
I went into hospital with left-side weakness and speech problems and was diagnosed with a stroke. And then I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.
Volvo has one weakness, and that is in the interior design. They have not adapted to the Chinese people’s perception of luxury when it comes to the interior design, and this has to be addressed.
When it comes to breakfast, baked goods are my weakness (besides coffee): toast, croissants, heck, even a scone on the weekend. There is one bakery item, though, that you will never see in my life, and that’s a muffin.
I thought surrendering was a weakness; instead it’s the strongest thing a man or a woman can ever do, to acknowledge our Creator who’s in control of all things.
Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.
Of course you think about the goalkeeper you are facing before a game. You have to prepare yourself for the game and think about the weakness of the players you are up against.
It’s a weakness of mine to forget what it is I’ve just been talking about so that when people make witty allusions to it, I stare at them open-mouthed, not knowing what they’re talking about.
My big weakness is potatoes. I love them mashed or baked.
Black Widow’ is definitely the darker part of me. This album is about finding the weakness inside and turning it into strength. It’s about being reborn, setting yourself free and realizing the balance in everything – the dark and the light.
To all you men out there who want to use turning the other cheek as an excuse for your weakness… man up! Develop yourself to the point that you are powerful enough to face any conflict in your life head on and without trouble. Then, use your newfound confidence to avoid the conflict.
Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.
All my artistic response comes from American things, and I guess I’ve always had a weakness for heroic imagery.
I am always trying to improve and see my weakness and work on it.
Beer is the Danish national drink, and the Danish national weakness is another beer.
