Sunday, January 9, 2011

Strengths and weaknesses

Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points. - Knute Rockne

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. - Lao Tzu

A really self-restrained person grows every day from strength and from peace to more peace. The very first step in self-restraint is the restraint of thoughts. - Gandhi

It never ceases to amaze me; we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own. - Marcus Aurelius

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance? - Abdul Kalam

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. - Seneca

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. - Abraham Lincoln

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination... - Maya Angelou

There is nothing so strong as gentleness, and nothing so gentle as strength. - Leo Muir

No comments: