A Quote by Mary Harris Jones

I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people.

Mary Harris Jones

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Am Blind Our Own People Shortcomings

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Mary Harris Jones
American - Activist
August 1, 1837 - November 30, 1930

I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people. I am not unaware that leaders betray, and sell out, and play false. But this knowledge does not outweigh the fact that my class, the working class, is exploited, driven, fought back with the weapon of starvation, with guns and with venal courts whenever they strike for conditions more human, more civilized for their children, and for their children's children.

Mother Jones

The God we serve does not seek out the perfect, but instead uses our imperfections and our shortcomings for his greater good. I am humbled by my own limitations. But where I am weak, He is strong.

Rick Perry

To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they're blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your soul. Your shortcomings then dim by comparison. The people who care about you are willing to let you be imperfect and beautiful, too.

Victoria Moran

I really do believe that in order to overcome our environmental shortcomings, we have to act united as a people, and that means that every individual has to participate and do their part. Certainly, we need government and legislation, but the governments really listen to people, so we all have to bring to the table our own effort or our own passion in whatever way that manifests itself.

Adrian Grenier

With our own shortcomings, we are in no position to judge anyone else. The best way to forget the faults of others is to remember our own.

Nicky Gumbel

Many people excuse their own faults but judge other persons harshly. We should reverse this attitude by excusing others' shortcomings and by harshly examining our own.

Paramahansa Yogananda

It is only the story...that saves our progeny from blundering like blind beggars into the spikes of the cactus fence.The story is our escort;without it,we are blind.Does the blind man own his escort?No,neither do we the story;rather,it is the story that owns us.

Chinua Achebe

I exist, I am, I am here, I am becoming, I make my own life and no one else makes it for me. I must face my own shortcomings, mistakes, transgressions. No one can suffer my non-being as I do, but tomorrow is another day, and I must decide to leave my bed and live again. And if I fail, I don't have the comfort of blaming you or life or God.

Leo Buscaglia

No shortcomings of other people cause us to be more intolerant than those which are caricatures of our own.

Franz Grillparzer

The mind's ability to rationalize it's own shortcomings is unlimited; I am no exception.

Robert A. Heinlein

I believe we need heroes...we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by.

Richard Attenborough

The medical profession (is) a conspiracy to hide its own shortcomings. No doubt the same may be said of all professions. They are all conspiracies against the laity... (U)ntil there is a practicable alternative to blind trust in the doctor, the truth about the doctor is so terrible that we dare not face it.

George Bernard Shaw

Sometimes we can't see our own selves, our own shortcomings, but it's so easy to see somebody else's.

Debbie Ford

It is important for us to see that our mentors are human and therefore fallible; it makes our own shortcomings more tenable.

John Wooden

Mostly, I make sure to stay keenly aware of my own shortcomings so that I am more patient with others.

Karen Dawn

I have learned that the hardest part of campaigning for tolerance and justice is encouraging people to look at their own selves, to examine their own identity and shortcomings.

Roger Ross Williams

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