Solomon Ibn Gabirol Quotes

There are only two kinds of men; the dead and the deadly.

Any fortress can be stormed provided there is a way up for a donkey with a load of gold on his back.

At the end of the day, there are risks; there's no question - in any sport, any activity.

I don't want to go out there and jeopardize myself getting hurt in camp.

Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses.

Weakness is a better teacher than strength. Weakness must learn to understand the obstacles that strength brushes aside.

Hold on tight, Sam." He puts me in a choke hold. "Ahhh," I gasp. "Not that tight.

If a man is alive, there is always danger that he may die, though the danger must be allowed to be less in proportion as he is dead-and-alive to begin with. A man sits as many risks as he runs.

I have no way and therefore want no eyes I stumbled when I saw. Full oft 'tis seen our means secure us, and our mere defects prove our commodities.

Where do your greatest dangers lie?--In pity.

Flies are busiest about leane horses.

One could draw up all different kinds of adversity depending on what your weakness is.

Technically, I am unarmed. But no one should ever underestimate the harm that fingernails can do. Especially if the target is unprepared.

He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up

It is strange how fragile this man-creature is.....in one second he's just garbage. Garbage, that's all.

Complete weakness and dependence will always be the occasion for the Spirit of God to manifest His power.

Liking someone doesn't make you weak.

Cunning is neither the consequence of sense, nor does it give sense. A proof that it is not sense, is that cunning people never imagine that others can see through them. It is the consequence of weakness.

...and I confess that, like a child, I cry. Ah, self-pity; I think we are at our most honest and sincere when we feel sorry for ourselves.

Humanity from the first has had its vultures and sharks, and representatives of the fraternity who prey upon mankind may be expected no less in America than elsewhere. That this virulence breaks out most readily and commonly against colored persons in this country, is due of course to the fact that they are, generally speaking, weak and can be imposed upon with impunity. Bullies are always cowards at heart.

He is a man, and he is afraid. This is not a good combination.

All haste implies weakness.

People who wear glasses, without them they always look unfocused, vulnerable. Out in the open. A layer removed.

I've seen Steelheart bleed

Those that yield are not always weak