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Who would I be, if other good souls did not make up for my shortcomings? — Orson Scott Card

A man's pursuit of knowledge is greater than his shortcomings, the limits of his vision. — Natasha Trethewey

People sometimes mistake their own shortcomings for those of society and want to fix the Cities because they don't know how to fix themselves. — Isaac Asimov

No matter how much you disagree with your kin, if you are a thoroughbred you will not discuss their shortcomings with the neighbors. — Tom Thomson

The more time we spend considering the shortcomings of others, the smaller a person we become. — Guy Finley

Novels arise out of the shortcomings of history. — Novalis

American foreign policy, for all its shortcomings, has underpinned political stability around the world. — Michael Mandelbaum

God's not thinking about your mistakes, failures or shortcomings. No, His thoughts toward you are good. — Victoria Osteen

Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings. — Laurence J. Peter

Heredity is a splendid phenomenon that relieves us of responsibility for our shortcomings. — Doug Larson

Becoming more than a good Bible study girl means I separate my shortcomings from my identity and let Jesus be the only measure of my worth. — Lysa TerKeurst

We make progress in society only if we stop cursing and complaining about its shortcomings and have the courage to do something about them. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to our shortcomings than to our strengths. — Tom Rath

We must learn to be honest with ourselves, and know our shortcomings. We will acquire cohesion but we will pay dearly for being a slow pupil. — Zora Neale Hurston

I knew that part of friendship consisted in accepting a friend's shortcomings, which sometimes included his parents. — John Knowles

At any age it does us no harm to look over our past shortcomings and plan to improve our characters and actions in the coming year. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Love in NOT blind. It teaches you to be blind and overlook your partner's mistakes and shortcomings. — Reetwika Banerjee

Her beauty had not blinded him to her shortcomings, but perhaps it had to her virtues — Robert Grede

For some, their endless potential can be more frightening than their shortcomings, — Dana Marton

No human beings, regardless of who they might be, want to look directly at their own shortcomings. — Tatsuhiko Takimoto

I'm not some pure heart chasing after dreams. I know how difficult it is to live an ordinary life, having to overlook each other's shortcomings. — Inio Asano

Ronald Reagan had many fine qualities and he had many shortcomings. He's not the simple, folksy figure that he's often portrayed as. — Eugene Jarecki

We all have our shortcomings, it seems, though some are less visible than others. — Gregory Maguire

When I pass, speak freely of my shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them, for I'll have no ego to injure. — Aaron McGruder

Swearing invulnerably, I measure mercilessly his shortcomings, and with luxurious scorn, ask who could be ensnared there. — Elizabeth Smart

No shortcomings of other people cause us to be more intolerant than those which are caricatures of our own. — Franz Grillparzer

Oh, the shortcomings and inconsistency of the average human being, especially when this human being is a man trying to manage women's affairs! — Elizabeth Cady Stanton

One of the shortcomings of our medical system is that doctors have very little time with their patients. — Eula Biss

Shortcomings we hate in others can be hidden issues we have failed to recognize within ourselves. — Okisha Jackson

Lateness is a trait of disrespect and it gives the person waiting for you time to think about your other shortcomings. — Carian Cole

I like men. They are hugely entertaining, but they have a lot of shortcomings and you just have to bear those in mind. — Jo Brand

Isn't it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings? — David Niven

If we never challenge our shortcomings, we ensure that they remain our Achilles' heel. — Gina Greenlee

Dwell not on the faults and shortcomings of others; instead, seek clarity about your own. — Gautama Buddha

But he described our shortcomings, physical, mental, moral, and genetic, in great and insulting detail. — Robert A. Heinlein

But very little achievement is required in order to pity another man's shortcomings. — George Eliot

There is more freedom confessing our weaknesses and shortcomings than in pretending we have it all together — LeCrae

Yours is the privilege, if you want it, to come to know for yourself, today or soon, that you are pleasing God in spite of your shortcomings. — Jorg Klebingat

The longer I went to the arcade, the more it felt like a study in rejection. It certainly wasn't a place one went to forget one's shortcomings. — Drew Nellins Smith

Love should not make us blind to faults, nor familiarity make us too ready to blame the shortcomings we see. — Louisa May Alcott

A person with a healthy self-esteem is comfortable in discussing matters of accomplishments and even failures or shortcomings. — John Mind

Good health is subjective and cumulative depending on individual interpretation. Do not allow someone else's shortcomings to become yours. — Gary Hopkins

The successful leader must be willing
to assume responsibility for the mistakes
and the shortcomings of his followers. — Napoleon Hill

We think we understand another person's struggle until God reveals the same shortcomings in our lives. — Oswald Chambers

Recognizing our shortcomings is a crucial first step on the path to making better decisions, creating better societies, and fixing our institutions. — Dan Ariely

The shortcomings of America's political leaders do not stop at our borders. — Ralph Nader

We had the great good fortune and shortcomings of character that marked every generation that had never seen war. — Joshua Ferris

Passion will move men beyond themselves, beyond their shortcomings, beyond their failures. — Joseph Campbell

My mother makes up for all shortcomings because she birthed Ginnie. I might not have loads of friends, but Ginnie is enough. More than enough. — Lindsey Leavitt

We all have the defects of our qualities ... — Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon

Sometimes we can't see our own selves, our own shortcomings, but it's so easy to see somebody else's. — Debbie Ford

I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had. — Joshua Lederberg

The faults and shortcomings we see in the members of our own ward or branch are of less consequence to us than one of the smallest in ourselves. — Jacob De Jager

I had my shortcomings - crazy hair, braces, bad skin and all that stuff. I went through it all. — David Boreanaz

I can forgive a man's past faults, his present shortcomings, and his future failures if every minute of every day he loves me like it's his religion. — Nicole Williams

I discovered that the world frightens you with your shortcomings, but if you do not worry about it, you are liberated. — Anupam Kher

More often than not, a lack of progress in your muscle-building efforts can be linked to nutritional shortcomings in your diet. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Dogs love us unconditionally and cats are big on redemption. Our sins and shortcomings don't bother them as long as we delight in their presence. — Sarah Ban Breathnach

People (or students) do not have shortcomings, only uniquenesses. The goal of a good teacher is to turn these uniquenesses into advantages. — Israel Gelfand

How foolish it is for me to be completely honest with my wife about my shortcomings, but try to fool God! — Francis Chan

It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity. — Russell Lynes

The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping and showing off his shortcomings. — David Niven

A brother who recognizes that we have shortcomings, we, in the struggle, have faults, and that he wanted to reconcile differences. — Louis Farrakhan

Humanity has many shortcomings, but none is stronger than pride. — Fredrik Backman

Nothing is more cheerful than talking about our friends' shortcomings. — Mason Cooley

I'm very open about my shortcomings. It's nothing for me. People think I'm so brave for being like this. But I'm just being me, I'll take it. — Stacy Barthe

We intend to hide our shortcomings, and the fear inside our hearts, but instead, we hide our beauty, our true selves. — Jo Ann Fore

A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch; his virtues and greatness belong to himself. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

With our own shortcomings, we are in no position to judge anyone else. The best way to forget the faults of others is to remember our own. — Nicky Gumbel

Gold has two significant shortcomings, being neither of much use nor procreative. — Warren Buffett

But a child's belief in its own shortcomings is not much influenced by facts. — George Orwell

Men fall from great fortune because of the same shortcomings that led to their rise. — Jean De La Bruyere

One of my few shortcomings is that I can't predict the future. — Lars Ulrich

She cried over the messed up messy mess of her life, over her parents' failures and her own shortcomings. — Stephanie Bond

Some might think that George W. Bush had his shortcomings, but let me tell you something - history's going to be kind to George W. Bush. — J. C. Watts

Love covers all shortcomings and failures, overlooks one's mistakes and does not bring to mind one's past mistakes - My Last Letter, Chapter 1 — Santosh Avvannavar

the infallible judgment of reality, where one's failures or shortcomings cannot be interpreted away. — Matthew B. Crawford

One mustn't close one's eyes to difficulty and to shortcomings; the more one recognizes them, the less they upset one. — Pierre Teilhard De Chardin

Success, meaningful success, begins when we take ownership and actively take responsibility for our part in the shortcomings of our life. — Eric Thomas

A 'weakness,' I now realize, is nothing but a strength not properly developed. — Fay Weldon

It didn't take long to recognise the shortcomings of the Soviet regime and to see the values of the free world. — Garry Kasparov

Being a painter is the only profession where you have to stand there with all your shortcomings on the wall. — Jamie Wyeth

It is important for us to see that our mentors are human and therefore fallible; it makes our own shortcomings more tenable. — John Wooden

Man's shortcomings and sins are all due to substance of the body and not to its form, while all his merits are exclusively due to his form. — Maimonides

A woman may have a witty tongue or a stinging pen but she will never laugh at her own individual shortcomings. — Irvin S. Cobb

Analyze thy life's experiences, see thy shortcomings, see thy virtues. Minimize those faults, magnify and glorify thy virtues. — Edgar Cayce

No one believes their misfortunes are attributable to any shortcomings of their own; that is why they must find a culprit. — Umberto Eco

true winning is measured not by overcoming people but overcoming your shortcomings. — Christine Greening

You have to look at the discrepancy between what you hoped and imagined and the reality of yourself and all your shortcomings. — Richard Grant

One who changes a body from the error of the way not only brings peace and harmony but saves a soul and covers a multitude of shortcomings. — Edgar Cayce

Because of its shortcomings - driving range, cost, and recharging time - the electric vehicle is not a viable replacement for most conventional cars. — Takeshi Uchiyamada

I deplore my shortcomings, but plan to keep them. — Mason Cooley

Let me see. What are my other shortcomings? — Arthur Conan Doyle

It takes a man of unusual character to openly confront his own shortcomings. It's so much more convenient to blame others. — Raymond E. Feist

The greatest sin is carelessness. — Linda Ronstadt

My shadow is only half of what it should be."
"Everyone has their shortcomings. — Haruki Murakami

Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else ... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings. — Colin Powell

Work hard to seem infallible and others will work to find our flaws. Admit our shortcomings and others will work to help us be infallible. — Simon Sinek

The people knew what had made them human. It was not their shortcomings, but their hearts. — Vanna Bonta

You can't grow and learn if your focus is on finding someone else to blame instead of looking at your own shortcomings. — John C. Maxwell