A Quote by Eric Hoffer

Rudeness is the weak man's limitation of strength.

Eric Hoffer

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Limitation Man Rudeness Strength Weak Weak Man

Quote Author

Eric Hoffer
American - Writer
July 25, 1898 - May 21, 1983

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.

Eric Hoffer

Etiquette does not render you defenseless. If it did, even I wouldn't subscribe to it. But rudeness in retaliation for rudeness just doubles the amount of rudeness in the world.

Judith Martin

Strength, strength is what the Upanishads speak to me from every page. This is the one great thing to remember, it has been the one great lesson I have been taught in my life; strength, it says, strength, O man, be not weak. Are there no human weaknesses? - says man. There are, say the Upanishads, but will more weakness heal them, would you try to wash dirt with dirt? Will sin cure sin, weakness cure weakness? Strength, O man, strength, say the Upanishads, stand up and be strong.

Swami Vivekananda

Don't be fooled by strength you can see," he said at last. "Yahweh often hides His power in the simple things, the weak things, and so His strength seems foolish in man's eyes.

Lynn Austin

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

Orson Scott Card

A strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power. But a weak man knows the value of strength.

Jeffrey Archer

The strength of man sinks in the hour of trial; but there doth live a Power that to the battle girdeth the weak.

Joanna Baillie

I don't mean to be rude—" he began, in a tone that threatened rudeness in every syllable. "Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often," Dumbledore finished the sentence gravely.

J. K. Rowling

And he who lives a hundred years, idle and weak, a life of one day is better if a man has attained firm strength.

Gautama Buddha

Humility is not weakness; it is the epitome of strength. Humility moves a person away from human, personal weakness and limitation into divine expression, strength, and expansion.

Donald Curtis

There is a big difference you see between privately letting someone know that you're displeased, whether they've done something they may not be aware of, and just rudeness - and you do not have to tolerate rudeness, by any means.

Ysabella Brave

It is so tempting to return rudeness with rudeness!

Mallory Ortberg

The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.

Aeschylus

When God wants to move a mountain, he does not take a bar of iron, but he takes a little worm. The fact is, we have too much strength. We are not weak enough. It is not our strength that we want. One drop of God's strength is worth more than all the world.

Dwight L. Moody

Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action.