Quotes about frailties (16 Quotes)






    Let him who elevates himself above humanity . . . say, if he pleases, I will never compromise but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromise.



    Once like thyself, I trembled, wept, and pray'd,
    Love's victim then, though now a sainted maid:
    But all is calm in this eternal sleep;
    Here grief forgets to groan, and love to weep,
    Ev'n superstition loses ev'ry fear:
    For God, not man, absolves our frailties here.

    Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else?

    Everybody thinks of others as being excessively human, with all the frailties and crotchets appertaining to that curious condition. But each of us also seems to regard himself as existing on a detached plane of observation, exempt (save in moments of avid crisis) from the strange whims of humanity en masse.

    People were aware that Babe had his indulgences even back then. I think in some ways that endeared him to the public. He was a man of the people. He has his frailties and weaknesses just like we do. That was part of his appeal. To a great extent he was a big kid.

    Ashamed of the many frailties they feel within, all men endeavor to hide themselves, their ugly nakedness, from each other, and wrapping up the true motives of their hearts in the specious cloak of sociableness, and their concern for the public good, they are in hopes of concealing their filthy appetites and the deformity of their desires.

    The city's contradictions and frailties drive me to the church. The church, in turn, binds my wounds and soothes my troubled heart, and sends me right back out into the city again.


    We know where the frailties within the squad are. It's all about being given the opportunity to try and improve the squad. Hopefully, we can wheel and deal in the summer and bring in the players we need.

    No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God.




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