A Quote by Lord Acton

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

Lord Acton

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Dagger Followed Man Sponge Strong Strong Man Weak Weak Man

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Lord Acton
January 10, 1834 - June 19, 1902

As the physically weak man can make himself strong by careful and patient training, so the man of weak thoughts can make them strong by exercising himself in right thinking.

James Allen

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

Boonaa Mohammed

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

Abraham Lincoln

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

Conservatives - they say, 'Oh, Putin is a real leader, he's a true man, he stays firm on his position, he's not like this weak Obama.' And also they are very much wrong. Because Putin is not a strong man; he is actually a man that put himself into a corner, and he's fighting and biting from that corner, being very weak.

Ilya Ponomarev

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

Karl Kraus

A weak man in a corner is more dangerous than a strong man.

Agatha Christie

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

Elbert Hubbard

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

Archie Fire Lame Deer

Every man is actually weak, and apparently strong. To himself, he seems weak; to others, formidable.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

If we live truly, we shall see truly. It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for the weak to be weak.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. The man strongly possessed of an idea is the master of all who are uncertain or wavering. Clear, deep, living convictions rule the world.

James Freeman Clarke

Consciously or unconsciously, health can be transmitted. A very strong man, living with a weak man, will make him a little stronger, whether he knows it or not.

Swami Vivekananda

The greatest error of a man is to think that he is weak by nature, evil by nature. Every man is divine and strong in his real nature. What are weak and evil are his habits, his desires and thoughts, but not himself.