Weak Man Quotes

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  The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.166, A&C Black

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• Weak men act to satisfy their needs, stronger men their duties.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Men, Stronger, Needs

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.64, Random House

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• A strong man can handle a strong woman. A weak man will say she has an attitude problem

  Boonaa Mohammed

  Strong Women, Attitude, Problem

  Twitter post from Dec 15, 2013

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• It is a weak man who blames his failures on the strength of others.

  Orson Scott Card

  Men, Blame, Weak

  Orson Scott Card (2003). “Seventh Son: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.198, Macmillan

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• Your actions are your own. Your choices are your own. Each of us carries a burden of guilt for decisions made or not made. You can let that rule your whole life or you can put it behind you and move on. Only a madman lets jealousy determine the course of his existence. Only a weak man blames others for his own errors.

  Juliet Marillier

  Moving, Men, Errors

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• Only weak men want women to be weak.

  Anne Fortier

  Men, Want, Weak

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• Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Strength, Strong, Men

  Orison Swett Marden (2013). “The Wisdom of Orison Swett Marden”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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• Rudeness is the weak man's limitation of strength.

  Eric Hoffer

  Men, Rudeness, Limitation

  "The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms". Book by Eric Hoffer, Section 241, 1955.

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• Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.

  Josh Billings

  Men, Enemy, Weakness

  Josh Billings (1874). “Everybody's Friend, Or Josh Billing's Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor”, p.211

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• We must relearn how to cry. A strong man cries; it is the weak man who holds back his tears.

  Archie Fire Lame Deer

  Inspirational, Strength, Strong

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• It is the weak man who urges compromise - never the strong man.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Strong, Fear, Men

  Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

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• So easily do weak men put in high positions turn villains.

  Dmitry Pisarev

  Freedom, Men, Democracy

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• Get it into your head once and for all, my simple and very fainthearted fellow, that what fools call humanness is nothing but a weakness born of fear and egoism; that this chimerical virtue, enslaving only weak men, is unknown to those whose character is formed by stoicism, courage, and philosophy.

  Marquis de Sade

  Philosophy, Character, Simple

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• The weak can never forgive.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Strength, Being Strong, Forgiveness

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.155, A&C Black

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• The stubbornness of a weak man should never be underestimated. The weak tend to be very stubborn when they've decided on something.

  Frederick Forsyth

  Men, Stubborn, Should

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be a weak man without a strong point. A diamond with a flaw is more valuable that a brick without a flaw.

  William J. H. Boetcker

  Strong, Men, Weakness

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• The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.

  Lord Acton

  Strong, Men, Daggers

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• ...no woman can love a weak man hard enough to make him strong.

  Pearl Cleage

  Being Strong, Men, Enough

  Pearl Cleage (2011). “Just Wanna Testify: A Novel”, p.153, One World

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• You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak

  Abraham Lincoln

  Strong, Men, Strong Man

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• What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.

  William Blake

  Life, Men, Glitter

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.702, Univ of California Press

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• A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.

  Karl Kraus

  Motivational, Success, Strong

  Karl Kraus (1976). “Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms”

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• A strong man cannot help a weaker unless the weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition.

  James Allen

  Motivational, Strong, Men

  James Allen (2013). “As a Man Thinketh: The Book of Thoughts, Health and Body, Character, Purpose, Achievement, Visions and Ideals (New Thought Edition - Secret Library)”, p.23, Lulu Press, Inc

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• A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Being Strong, Integrity, Men

  Mahatma Gandhi (1978). “Collected Works”

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• Since the world never faults a man who refuses to yield...it is generally recognized that weak men live in obedience to the world's will, while the strong obey only their own.

  Giacomo Leopardi

  Strong, Men, Yield

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• I know that I am a small, weak man, but I have amassed a large library; I dream of dangerous places.

  Terry Pratchett

  Dream, Men, Library

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