Shusaku Endo Quotes

I believe every major strength we have can be used against us as a weakness. At the same time, things that people see as weakness can be part of our strength.

Sometimes you are strong, sometimes you are weak.

Your fragility is also your strength.

Somewhere in the world is the most invincible man. Just as somewhere is the most vulnerable.

Swords appear strong, but they're actually quite weak. Jesus appears weak, but he's actually quite strong.

I am tough but I have a soft side.

When I was younger, I used to think that my unconventional upbringing was a weakness, but over the past few years, I've learnt to see it as one of my greatest strengths.

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.

Joy is not an alternative to opposition; it is part of a compound that includes opposition.

The cure for pain is in the pain. Good and bad are mixed. If you don't have both, you don't belong with us.

It's not a bad thing, is it, to be strong in some ways and fragile and vulnerable in others?

I believe in rainbows and all of that. But there are darker colors … and it's the shade that defines the light.

He’s stronger than this. He’s always been stronger… (Vane) Even the mightiest oak can be felled by a whisper of a wind if it comes on the heels of a powerful enough storm. (Carson)

Our strength grows out of our weakness.

Maybe weakness is a strength of a kind.

The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites.

I am vulnerable; that's why I fight.

You can be pitiful, or you can be powerful, but you can't be both

When I am weak, then I am strong.

A woman's strength is the unresistible might of weakness.

Life has a way of breaking even the strongest among us.

at your weakest, you end up showing more strength; at your lowest, you are suddenly lifted higher than you’ve ever been. They all border one another, these opposites and show how quickly we can be altered.

At times, our strengths propel us so far forward we can no longer endure our weaknesses and perish from them.

Remember, what may appear to be the source of one's strength can often also be the source of one's weakness.

When danger is far off we may think of our weakness; when it is near we must not forget our strength.