“The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength. Teach men of strength that is already within them.”

“Every weakness contains within itself a strength.”

Shūsaku Endō (1923–1996) author from Japan

“Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.”

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer

“Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.”

Lois Wyse (1926–2007) American advertising executive

“This is a great fact: strength is life; weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal; weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.”

Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher

“Wisdom is the strength of the weak.”

Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist

“Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.”

Malcolm Gladwell (1963) journalist and science writer

“My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”

Michael Jordan (1963) American retired professional basketball player and businessman

“But borrowing strength builds weakness.”

Stephen R. Covey book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

“Maybe weakness is a strength of a kind.”

Melissa de la Cruz book The Van Alen Legacy