RJ Mitte Quotes

It's terrible, a crutch, isn't it?

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.

There is nothing to be said for being crippled. You don't see the world better or clearer, nor do you develop some special set of skills by way of compensation.

I can't do impressions.

But I like to know that someone is stronger than I am. I want to be able to know that if I get tired, somebody is there to hold up the fort. I like knowing that I can't pick a refrigerator alone. God did not make me strong enough to do that.

It is always our inabilities that vex us.

But borrowing strength builds weakness.

The same way you slow me down: … You can’t.

I'm not invincible. I'm no Serena Williams.

I'm a tulip in a cup. I stand no chance of growing up

But relying on one person for your every need is so dangerous. One set of hands isn't enough to keep you from falling.

In American culture at large, but especially in African American culture, it's a sign of weakness to ask for help.

Become aware of your own insufficiency.

Before my stroke, I thought I was infallible, because I was physically strong, and could do these endless hours with no effects, whatsoever. But sooner or later, we all hit a wall.

We're all human; we all have weaknesses.

When you're one-dimensional, someone can just focus on that and really stop that.

There is so much focus on being self-sufficient, and it makes it very difficult to ask for things. I've been crippled by this notion of high-functioning self-sufficiency. And I see it a lot in younger girls. Asking for help brings people closer in a way that I suspected but didn't actually put into practice.

Any man can be defeated.

Sometimes, my weakness is where the strength really is, and it leads me to depend in the areas where I really should.

I'm not invincible.

I'm only human.

Sometimes you are strong, sometimes you are weak.

Our prejudices are like physical infirmities — we cannot do what they prevent us from doing.

When I cannot stand alone, it will be time to die.

He's seeing my soul, my fears, my fragility, my inability to deal with a world which i pretend to master, but about which I know nothing