I didn’t know so well chess theory, the theory of chess openings. And so, of course I knew the theory, but not on the level of the best players, so this was my… this was always my weakness. – Anatoly Karpov
To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind. – Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The wounds of calumny, the reproaches of the proud, the venom of the bigoted, the treachery of the false, and the weakness of the true, we have known in our measure; and therein have had communion with our Lord Jesus. – Charles Spurgeon
The Apple has the fewest bells and whistles. It has simple sound and few graphics special effects. In a way, that is a weakness because markets for the other machines are getting bigger. – Bill Budge
The fundamental weakness in the Tea Party machine is the stark difference between what the leaders of the Tea Party elite – plutocrats like the Koch Brothers -want and what the average grassroots Tea Party follower wants. – Chuck Schumer
The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I’m willing to show you. In you, it’s courage and daring. In me, it’s weakness. – Brene Brown
A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway. – Christopher Reeve
Unfortunately, the food industry has not yet faced this situation and begun taking measures to avoid exploiting our weakness for not knowing when we have had enough. – Marvin Harris
This claustrophobia was the only weakness I had. It’s not my fault. It’s just in my mind. – Felix Baumgartner
As for my looks, if I didn’t look the way I do, I would probably be one of those many faces doing a romcom, which I detest. The way I look has somewhere defined the characters I played. My weakness has become my strength. – Emraan Hashmi
The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The time for double standards that allow Islamists to behave aggressively toward us while they demand our weakness and submission is over. – Newt Gingrich
It is the doctrine of the oligarchy that there is nothing that we hold in common, that the commonwealth is a myth, that it is even a sign of softheadedness and weakness. The oligarchical power feeds on the sense that we are all individuals, struggling on our own, and ennobled by the effort. – Charlie Pierce
And yet you see the weakness of external evidence-and outward miracles; they were not sufficient to make true believers, or to make the Israelites believe that Jesus was their promised Messiah. – Elias Hicks
Increasingly, the state system has been eroding. Terrorists have exploited this weakness by burrowing into the state system in order to attack it. – George P. Shultz
Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It’s also about mutual help, not about exploitation. – Paul Theroux
Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence. – Dorothy Dix
Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals. – Fulton J. Sheen
The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it. – Eric Hoffer
Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor’s trade. – Miranda Richardson
I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition. – Ella Maillart
If the United States were to cut and run from Iraq, we would send a message of weakness that would embolden our terrorist enemies across the globe. A failed Iraq would destabilize the entire region and undermine U.S. national security for decades to come. – Dennis Cardoza