Best Shortcomings Quotes

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

Plainly, this unwillingness to give ground even on unimportant disagreements is the symptom of some deepseated insecurity, as was my one-time fondness for making teasing remarks (which I amended when I read Anthony Powell’s matter-of-fact observation that teasing is an unfailing sign of misery within) and as is my very pronounced impatience. The struggle, therefore, is to try and cultivate the virtuous side of these shortcomings: to be a genial host while only slightly whiffled, for example, or to be witty at the expense of one’s own weaknesses instead of those of other people.

There really is no effort without error and shortcoming and there really is no triumph without vulnerability.

History balances the frustration of ‘how far we have to go’ with the satisfaction of ‘how far we have come.’ It teaches us tolerance for the human shortcomings and imperfections which are not uniquely of our generation, but of all time.

Possibly, over the course of time, the brain capacity of homo sapiens will have made such great progress, that complications as contained in this game can be fathomed instantly with a shrug and a smile. Then, not only will the game of chess have ceased to exist, but also will the remembrance of frequently missed objectives elicit pity, as a reaction to the shortcomings of a lower organized form of life.

Never underestimate the capacity of another human being to have exactly the same shortcomings you have.

I don’t claim to know everything about parenting, but I do know parents do their children a disservice by constantly sugarcoating their shortcomings to protect their feelings.

There is more freedom confessing our weaknesses and shortcomings than in pretending we have it all together

Remember: even the smallest drop of God’s strength is more than enough to cover our frailties, our shortcomings, and the places where we deem ourselves weak.

The greatest sin is carelessness.

A brother who recognizes that we have shortcomings, we, in the struggle, have faults, and that he wanted to reconcile differences.

There is never a circumstance, no matter how catastrophic, that also does not hold within it an opportunity to better things, to better yourself. Every moment brings with it an opportunity to love, to forgive, to grow beyond your shortcomings.

Isn’t this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives. We worry only about those we brought into this world, regardless of whether they loved us back or treated us fairly or understood our shortcomings.

To the extent that language forces experiences into categories it is a screen between reality and the human being. In a word, we pay for its benefits… Therefore, while using language, as we must of necessity, we should be aware of its shortcomings.

I don’t put myself above anyone, and I have as many shortcomings as any non-believer. I just choose to turn to a higher power to help me gain wisdom and, I hope, improve over time.

History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior.

Novels arise out of the shortcomings of History.

When I pass, speak freely of my shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them, for I’ll have no ego to injure.

The people knew what had made them human. It was not their shortcomings, but their hearts.

Everyone on the Commission assumes that 9/11 resulted from a lack of government action. No one in Washington has raised the question of whether our shortcomings, brought to light by 9/11, could have been a result of too much government.

I have my shortcomings. But the message, it has no shortcomings. The message of Liberty is what America is all about.

God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the world.

You’d be surprised how many shortcomings can be overcome by hustle.

Faults! I adore faults! I can never find too many in any creature.

You ask me ‘What’s the the greatest act of faith?’ To me is to look in the mirror of God’s word, and see all my faults, all my sin, all my shortcomings and to believe that God loves me exactly as he says he does.

Those who influenced me the most are not those who pointed out all my faults, but those who knew God was bigger than my shortcomings. Those who influenced me the most didn’t just point a finger, they held out a helping hand.

Many people excuse their own faults but judge other persons harshly. We should reverse this attitude by excusing others’ shortcomings and by harshly examining our own.

Great talent admits shortcomings.

I can forgive a man’s past faults, his present shortcomings, and his future failures if every minute of every day he loves me like it’s his religion.

Who would I be, if other good souls did not make up for my shortcomings?

With our own shortcomings, we are in no position to judge anyone else. The best way to forget the faults of others is to remember our own.

A man’s pursuit of knowledge is greater than his shortcomings, the limits of his vision.

The imperfections of others never release us from the need to work on our own shortcomings.

I had my shortcomings – crazy hair, braces, bad skin and all that stuff. I went through it all.

We make progress in society only if we stop cursing and complaining about its shortcomings and have the courage to do something about them.