A Quote by Neal A. Maxwell

The imperfections of others never release us from the need to work on our own shortcomings.

Neal A. Maxwell

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Neal A. Maxwell
American - Priest
July 6, 1926 - July 21, 2004

The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others.

Neal A. Maxwell

Work hard to seem infallible and others will work to find our flaws. Admit our shortcomings and others will work to help us be infallible.

Simon Sinek

No one thing does human life more need than a kind consideration of the faults of others. Every one sins; everyone needs forbearance. Our own imperfections should teach us to be merciful.

Henry Ward Beecher

The Holy Spirit would lead us to think much upon our own sins . It is a dangerous thing for us to dwell upon the imperfections of others.

Ichabod Spencer

Some of us are inclined to look to the weaknesses and shortcomings of others in order to expand our own comfort zone.

Marvin J. Ashton

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

Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.

Saint Ignatius

We aren't supposed to strive for perfection everyday. If we were perfect, we'd have no need for Jesus. And it's through our imperfections that we really feel the pull toward our need for a Savior. So the imperfections serve a wonderful purpose if we'll let them.

Lysa TerKeurst

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

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

Richard Attenborough

History balances the frustration of 'how far we have to go' with the satisfaction of 'how far we have come.' It teaches us tolerance for the human shortcomings and imperfections which are not uniquely of our generation, but of all time.

Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

When you descant on the faults of others, consider whether you be not guilty of the same. To gain knowledge of ourselves, the best way is to convert the imperfections of others into a mirror for discovering our own.

Henry Home, Lord Kames

Our own opinion of ourselves should be lower than that formed by others, for we have a better chance at our imperfections.

Thomas a Kempis

In some basic way, it is our imperfections and even our pain that draws others close to us.

Rachel

The second commandment that Jesus referred to was not to love others instead of ourselves, but to love them as ourselves. Before we can love and serve others, we must love ourselves, even in our imperfection. If we don't embrace our own defects, we can't love others with their shortcomings.