Weak Will Quotes:

It may be true that the weak will always be driven to the wall; but it is the task of a just society to see that the wall is climbable.

- Sydney J. Harris

topic: Wall, Weak Will, Justice

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

- Calvin Coolidge

source: Calvin Coolidge (1924). “Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings”

topic: Strength, Peace, Strong, Strength Weakness, Strong People

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

- Mahatma Gandhi

source: Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.166, A&C Black

topic: Inspirational, Life, Strength, Just Stay Strong, Never Forgive

And I honor the man who is willing to sink half his present repute for the freedom to think, and, when he has thought, be his cause strong or weak, Will risk t' other half for the freedom to speak.

- James Russell Lowell

topic: Strong, Men, Thinking, Weak Will

So long as some are strong and some are weak, the weak will be driven to the wall.

- W. Somerset Maugham

source: W. Somerset Maugham (1954). “Mr. Maugham Himself”

topic: Strength, Strong, Wall, Weak Will

The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world not destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside ... Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them ... the weak will become prey to the strong.

- Thomas Paine

topic: Strong, Gun, Balance, Pro Gun, Balance Of Power

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

- Sophocles

source: David Grene, Sophocles (1959). “Sophocles”, [Chicago] : University of Chicago Press

topic: Strong, Causes, Weak, Weak Will

Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind's eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye; and he who remembers this when he sees any one whose vision is perplexed and weak, will not be too ready to laugh; he will first ask whether that soul of man has come out of the brighter light, and is unable to see because unaccustomed to the dark, or having turned from darkness to the day is dazzled by excess of light.

- Plato

topic: Eye, Dark, Men, Bewilderment, Weak Will

He who always thinks himself as weak will never become strong, but he who knows himself to be a lion, rushes out from the worlds meshes, as a lion from its cage.

- Swami Vivekananda

source: Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2832, Manonmani Publishers

topic: Motivational, Strong, Thinking, Weak Will, Mesh

When everybody in the world loves one another, then the weak will not be overpowered by the strong, the few will not be oppressed by the many, the poor will not be mocked by the wealthy, the humble will not be disdained by the honoured, and the simple will not be deceived by the cunning.

- Motsi Mabuse

topic: Love, Strong, Humble, Weak Will, World Love