Algernon Charles Swinburne Quotes

Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

I'll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I've been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it's - it's - and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven't been successful at it every day.

I don't want to be all power and muscle.

It is true that I have been studying both humility and pride for many years for the purpose of weakening pride in my own life and cultivating humility by the grace of God.

It takes strength to be kind; it's not a weakness.

Never let a person's weakness get in the way of their strength.

We all have them, those parts of us that are the greatest parts of us and the worst parts of us. Sometimes we're put in circumstances and bad choices are made.

I can't understand it when people are closed-minded. I mean, boy, have I made mistakes and been very wrong. I can't tell you the amounts of times I've been let down, but I still try to see the best in people.

Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.

True strength is delicate.

I can tell you character traits I admire and work to develop in myself - perseverance, self-discipline, courage to stand up for what is right even when it is against one's friends or one's self.

Jesus was humble when He walked this earth. He had all power, yet used all meekness.

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

Strong people make as many mistakes as weak people. Difference is that strong people admit their mistakes, laugh at them, learn from them. That is how they become strong.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can't experience life without feeling life. What I've learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it's a strength.

I know I'm not perfect.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.

I'm not perfect.

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

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

Every minute you are thinking of evil, you might have been thinking of good instead. Refuse to pander to a morbid interest in your own misdeeds. Pick yourself up, be sorry, shake yourself, and go on again.