A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.
But, if recent history has taught us anything, it’s that self-regulation doesn’t work in finance, and that worries about reputation are a weak deterrent to corporate malfeasance.
My toughest fight was myself. For me to disclose and let things out was not easy because we don't want to seem weak or like we are different, but I learned that it's okay.
A true religious instinct never deprived man of one single joy; mournful faces and a sombre aspect are the conventional affectations of the weak-minded.
But better far it is to speak
One simple word, which now and then
Shall waken their free nature in the weak
And friendless sons of men.
If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak. If the banners and flags are shifted about, sedition is afoot. If the officers are angry, it means that the men are weary.
I believe that President Nixon was right in what he did at Watergate. Lack of respect for authority and things like socialism are turning this into a weak, effeminate country.
So you want to be married, oh baby, trying to put me on a chain, ain't that some shame? You must be losing your weak little mind.
The law is the only sure protection of the weak, and the only efficient restraint upon the strong.
The men in my family are strong because the women in my family kill and eat the weak ones.
It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
He felt even angrier that Dumbledore was showing signs of weakness. He had no business being weak when Harry wanted to rage and storm at him.
When I am weak then am I strong, Grace is my shield and Christ my Song.
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings.
Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor, the weak, and the ignorant in capitalist society.
Stress and anxiety at work have less to do with the work we do and more to do with weak management and leadership.
It does not hurt weak eyes to look into beautiful eyes never so long.
willingness to explore everything is a sign of strength. The weak ones have prejudices. Prejudices are a protection.
I row my boat on the river. I swim, ski, walk, lift weights, do yoga and Pilates. I don't want to be a weak, sick 90-year-old.
Some people are weak in their faith and testimonies but are not even aware of how precarious their situation is. Many of them likely would be offended at the suggestion.
Who needs the protection of the Bill of Rights most? The weak, the most vulnerable in society.
Only thin, weak thinkers despise fairy stories. Each one has a true, strange fact hidden in it, you know, which you can find if you look.
That strong mother doesn't tell her cub, Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you. She says, Toughen up, this is reality we are living in.
Organized force alone enables the quiet and the weak to go about their business and to sleep securely in their beds, safe from the violent without or within.
Republicans always try to paint Democrats as weak on defense. This time, they can't. After all, Mitt Romney's idea of an overseas accomplishment is sending U.S. jobs there.
Our piety must be weak and imperfect if it do not conquer our fear of death.
That term, 'David and Goliath,' has entered our language as a metaphor for improbable victories by some weak party over someone far stronger.
It takes bravery to care for someone — no matter who he is or what made him, whether he is weak or walking or jumping out of windows. The risk involved is enormous.
The Lakers do this all the time. They overload the side the ball's on, and play zone on the weak side.
I felt so insufficiently equipped, so unprepared, so weak, and at the same time it seemed to me that my reflections on art were correct. I quarreled with all the world and with myself.
Bitcoin is great as a form of digital money, but its scripting language is too weak for any kind of serious advanced applications to be built on top.
President Obama is a president so weak that he makes Jimmy Carter look strong.
Watercolour is not especially difficult, but I must warn you to steer clear of those pretty English watercolourists, so skilful and alas so weak, and so often too truthful.
Retail banking in Africa is very weak. You can't go to a village and get money from an ATM or visit a branch of the bank. So people have to use the Internet.
A novelist needs to know his own strong points and weak points.
When we are weak, then are we strong. When most empty of self, we are most full of God.
People cry, not because they're weak. It's because they've been strong for too long.
The weak-minded man is the slave of his vices and the dupe of his virtues.
Though a man cannot abstain from being weak, he may from being vicious.
The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
Oil wealth has been a curse on us, made us weak and docile.
When we talk about the assertion of basically new government privileges with weak or no justification, we don't even have to look at international law to see the failings in them.
Those who are wise ambassadors of the word have no other object in view than to free as far as they can their hearers from weak opinions, and to endue them with intelligence.
There's a tendency among some male writers to make the women in their stories weak and needing of rescue so that their hero looks like a manly man.
In effect, a selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity leads both to the misuse of available natural resources and to the exclusion of the weak and the disadvantaged.
Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.
No matter how tough the chase is, you should always have the dream you saw on the first day. It'll keep you motivated and rescue you (from any weak thoughts).
When the rich [and politically powerful] make war, it's the poor [and politically weak] who die.
I don't like being weak in front of my mum or anyone for that matter. I don't like crying.
My Swaraj takes note of bhangis, dheds, dublas and the weakest of the weak, and except the spinning wheel I know no other thing which befriends all these.
These are different animals now. They're starting to winnow out the weak at the fringe of the herd. We need to hurry or this could affect our snack situation.
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
A weak, insecure nation needs sporting heroes, players larger than life on the cricketing field, who can transcend the limitations of their country and team.
If ISIS is using social media to track me, that's a dream come true in my book. These guys are a bunch of bullies that just prey on the weak.
Positive feedback makes the strong grow stronger and the weak grow weaker.
My father Time is weak and gray
With waiting for a better day;
See how idiot-like he stands,
Fumbling with his palsied hands!
My weak suit is whatever each reader hates about each book.
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