Fay Weldon Quotes

I find that comforting and an equally purposeful way to think, that there's lots of ways to flex both your strengths and your weaknesses.

Meg, I give you your faults." "My faults!" Meg cried. "Your faults." "But I'm always trying to get rid of my faults!" "Yes," Mrs. Whatsit said. "However, I think you'll find they'll come in very handy on Camazotz.

You cannot let go of anything if you cannot notice that you are holding it. Admit your 'weaknesses' and watch them morph into your greatest strengths.

In the end, it's a mental maturity to let your best come out.

I feel like it's always about embracing what it is that you think is wrong with you. It's often times your greatest 'flaw' which actually forays into what is also your greatest strength.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.

Every day, we have to strive to be better people. Some days we give in to weakness, and sometimes we give in to strength.

Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.

I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.

I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.

I think without struggle, you can't grow as a person - I think you need that in your life.

I feel like I am a better person because of my struggles, because of my challenges and persevering through them and realizing the mistakes that I've made, correcting them.

I'm learning how strong I am, how resilient I am. I'm learning my weaknesses.

We have all made mistakes in this life. How we learn from our mistakes is the measure of who we are.

The shape of your character is the shape of your future.

A person's strength is to know their weaknesses.

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight. True education combines intellect, beauty, goodness, and the greatest of these is goodness. When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

Those who profit from adversity possess a spirit of humility and are therefore inclined to make the necessary changes needed to learn from their mistakes, failures, and losses. ... When we are focused too much on ourselves, we lose perspective. Humility allows us to regain perspective and see the big picture. ... Humility allows us to let go of perfection and keep trying.

It's a real luxury to be able to develop with your character.

If someone is self-aware, then they can always continue to grow. If they're not self-aware, I think it's harder for them to evolve or adapt beyond who they already are.

I do not talk about my weaknesses, I work on them.

Not to discover weakness is The Artifice of strength.

When you make mistakes, whether they are from this life or another, learn from them- then they become opportunities