Jacqueline Carey Quotes

That which yields is not always weak.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.

Oh you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you

We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.

Think not that humility is weakness; it shall supply the marrow of strength to thy bones. Stoop and conquer; bow thyself and become invincible.

Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we're going to show.

Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out.

Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield.

Better bow than break.

To defend oneself by alliance is proof of cowardice.

Strong men know when to compromise.

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

Sometimes you are strong, sometimes you are weak.

No matter what, I find that surrendering is essential.

What is strong and rigid is snapped and laid low. What is flexible and soft will always prevail.

I had grown up. I had learned that being a woman was knowing when to stand firm and when to compromise. I had learned to laugh and weep; I had learned that I was weak as well as strong. I had learned to love. I was no longer a rigid, upright tree that would not flex and bow, even though the gale threatened to snap it in two; I was the willow that bends and shivers and sways, and yet remains strong.

He who stands like a pilar dies in battle. He who bends like a reed is triumphant!

It's impossible to lose your footing when you're on your knees.

Why is it when you yield, I feel like the one who has been conquered?

True strength is the courage to admit our weaknesses.

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)

There's no evidence that vulnerabilty is weakness.

No one enjoys feeling weak, whether it is emotionally, spiritually or physically. There is something within the human spirit that wants to resist the thought of weakness. Many times this is nothing more than our human pride at work. Just as weakness carries a great potential for strength, pride carries an equally great potential for defeat.