In life you cannot always pretend to stay strong. Sometimes you have to accept your weakness to grow in your life. Nobody in this world is perfect and clearly nobody in this world is strong. We all have our weaknesses. Weaknesses do not make us vulnerable.
Accepting your weaknesses and confronting all of your failures are important for the development of the character. Accepting weaknesses paves the way of eradicating all those hurdles that is stopping you from achieving your dreams.
Weaknesses could either be physical or mental. Both of them shouldn’t come as a hindrance between you and your goals. Sometime your weaknesses will try to stop you from moving forward in your life. They will bully you until you give up on your dreams.
They will tempt you to surrender but do not listen to them. Instead take them as your challenge and show them you won’t get bullied by them. Stand up and march towards your goals till you have defeated each one of them.
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One of the best qualities of having weaknesses is that you can easily compare it with your previous selves. If you can find a difference between both of your versions than congratulations! You have started to grow into a matured person.
Don’t let weaknesses be a bummer in your life. Instead transform your weaknesses as your strength and march forward in your life. If you want to learn about transforming your weaknesses, then here is the list of few quotes about weaknesses that will help you to reflect on your own weakness and find a way to fix them.
1. “You can take control of your decisions and actions by turning any disorder inside your organization into order, your fear into courage and your weakness into strength.” –James Sonhill DBA
Weakness in any form can cause a major hindrance on our path. They try to stop us from achieving our goals in our life. They bully us into surrendering. Sometimes we do get scared by them. They fill our mind with absurd thoughts that all we could think of surrendering our minds.
In those weakest moments they try to destroy our spirit. You feel like you’re losing control of your life but if you have the courage to endure the pain a little longer than you would easily take your control back. Once you have your own control, you could easily turn any disorder into order, your fear into courage and most importantly your weakness into strength.
2. “Weakness is your strength, and you must cling tightly to it. Your weakness shows you who you truly are and must be – a person who is not capable of succeeding.” –Nickolas Martin, Linda Martin, The Two Voices Within
Not everyone acknowledges this but as a matter of fact, weaknesses can also be your strength. Do not treat your weakness as something vulnerable in your life. Instead treat them like you would treat your strengths. Only in the weakest times, one can truly show its true colours.
Don’t ignore your weakness, embrace it. Once you’re aware about your weaknesses you could easily eradicate them from your life.
3. “Left unchecked, a weak mind will stop you from unleashing your true potential from releasing every ounce of strength and energy you’ve got locked up down in your guts.” – Gino Arcaro
You should not leave your weak mind unchecked. If you feel something is not quite right in your mind then pay attention to it rather than ignoring it. For instance, you got hurt physically. Your physical wound now becomes a burden for you to perform your daily activities.
Just like our physical wound, a weak mind will be a barrier and stop you from unleashing your true potential. Your condition will be similar to that of an injured lion who is now locked up inside the cage. So don’t ignore it or else you will stay locked up inside your mind.
4. “A weak mind will bury all your gifts and talents.” – Gino Arcaro
A weak mind will treat your gifts and talents as a curse and will stop you from accepting them in your life. They will be a barrier and would always treat you as a burden. In such cases, you must never give in to their desires. Your talents are your gifts and you must use it accordingly. Do not let anyone convince you otherwise. Embrace your gifts rather than treating it as a curse.
5. “Let weakness become your ally as it forces you to be filled with the divine strength God gives.” – Nick Harrison, One-Minute Prayers When You Need a Miracle
Treat your weakness as your Ally and not your enemy. If you treat weakness like your Ally then you will discover more facts about it than you will learn from being it your enemy.
Weakness is a part of your life. If you can treat your strength as your family then what is the harm in treating your weakness as your friend? Your weakness do not make you vulnerable but your ignorance to accept it, is what makes you vulnerable.
6. “Don’t let weakness convince you that you don’t have strength.” – Unknown
Do not let your weakness guide you further in your life. Do not let your weakness take a control of your life because once it takes control of you, you are destined to fail. Weakness will fill your mind with negative thoughts and will slowly destroy your spirit.
They can go to any extend to make you feel sorry about yourself. Take a lesson and do not let this happen in your life.Accept your weakness but don’t let them take a control of your life.
7. “Weakness comes when we are tired, confused, frustrated, worn-out, feeling alone and ignorant to all the facts.” – Richard Bettez, Discerning Our Time
You cannot always have full stamina in your life. Sometimes you’re frustrated, worn-out, lonely, tired and ignorant rest of the matters in the world. In those times, our weaknesses takes a grip on our mind. They become strongest on our vulnerability.
8. “Having weakness shows only that you are a human.” – Miles Dixon, How to start your own business
We all are human beings and each of them are blessed with strengths as well as the weaknesses. No one in this world can claim to be only powerful without acknowledging their weaknesses. If we failed to acknowledge our weaknesses, then we failed as a human being.
Human beings are blessed with the power to express their emotions. If you can express your strength then there should be no harm in accepting your weakness. We cannot be strong all the time. Accepting your weakness does not make you any less of a human being rather it evolves you into a better person.
9. “It is the magnet of your weakness that the enemy relies on to perfect his wicked plans.” – Dr. D. K. Olukoya, The lions of the land.
Your enemies are the most intelligent people in your life because they won’t rush in your life. Rather, they would wait for the perfect opportunity to bring destruction in your life and that would be your – weakest moments. In our weakest moments we are vulnerable. We are powerless as well as defenceless.
We are not in the position to protect ourselves from any kind of damage. The thing to learn from this quote is never show your weakness on your face. Fool your enemies but do not get fooled by them.
10. “Identify your weakness and work on it. Do not use your weakness against yourself or humanity.” – Deede Dumka Deede
In order to eradicate your weakness from your life, you must identify it first. Once you identify your mistakes, embrace it and after you have embraced it, learn to work on it. Working on your mistakes will help you to grow into a matured person. If you are unable to accept your own weaknesses then you might be able to bring destruction in your life as well as the others surrounding you.
11. “Train on your weakness and practice on your strength.” – Avadhesh Agrawal
Your strength are your forte. You do not need to worry about it. Your focus should be on your weaknesses. They are the ones who are in dire need of your attention. Don’t ignore them rather, train them to be your Ally. You might be surprised about the potential of your weaknesses. If they can make you feel vulnerable then they can definitely make you feel strongest in your life.
12. “Locate your weakness because the strongman takes advantage of it.” – Dr. D. K. Olukoya
A strongman doesn’t becomes strong by relying on his strengths. A man can become strong only when he has embraced his weakness. Your weakness is your powerful ally and with the combination of your strength and weakness you could become invincible.
Remember, a man can only become stronger version than his previous selves only if he dares to acknowledge his weakness as well as his strengths.