Source: Captain Newman, M. D (1962), p. 328; this is also sometimes attributed to Leo Buscaglia, who often quoted it in his addresses and in his book Living, Loving and Learning (1982).
“I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I learned that assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; and that oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.”
Source: 1900s, Up From Slavery (1901), Chapter XI: Making Their Beds Before They Could Lie On Them
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Source: Sociology For The South: Or The Failure Of A Free Society (1854), p. 233

“I have not come into this world to make men better, but to make use of their weaknesses.”
Disputed, (1941-1944) (published 1953)

“I always run into strong women who are looking for weak men to dominate them.”

“You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak”

“It is not great men who change the world, but weak men in the hands of a great God.”
Source: The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun