Quotes by Inability Every characteristic absence of spirituality, every piece of common vulgarity, is due to an inability to resist a stimulus - you have to react, you follow every impulse. Friedrich Nietzsche vulgarity-isinabilitypieces I am learning that the best cure for hypocrisy is community. Hypocrisy is not so much the result of not living what I preach but much more of not confessing my inability to fully live up to my own words. Henri Nouwen inabilitycommunityhypocrisy The reason was the failure of both Japan and China to understand each other and the inability of America and the European powers to sympathize, without prejudice, with the peoples of East Asia Hideki Tojo inabilityjapanamerica Inability is often the mother of restriction, and restriction is the great mother of inventive performance. Holger Czukay inabilitystatisticsmother The source of my difficulties has always been the same: an inability to accept what to others seems natural, and an irresistible tendency to voice opinions no one wants to hear . . . Isabel Allende inabilityvoicewant Sentimentality, the ostentatious parading of excessive and spurious emotion, is the mark of dishonesty, the inability to feel. James A. Baldwin dishonestyinabilityemotion I'm a comic because I don't want to do the nine-to-five, I have to modify that and say I'm a comic because I have an inability to do a nine-to-five. Jay Mohr inabilityninewant Readiness of speech is often inability to hold the tongue. Jean-Baptiste Rousseau inabilitytonguespeech The futility of everything that comes to us from the media is the inescapable consequence of the absolute inability of that particular stage to remain silent. Music, commercial breaks, news flashes, adverts, news broadcasts, movies, presenters—there is no alternative but to fill the screen; otherwise there would be an irremediable void.... That’s why the slightest technical hitch, the slightest slip on the part of the presenter becomes so exciting, for it reveals the depth of the emptiness squinting out at us through this little window. Jean Baudrillard squintinginabilitymedia All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone. Jean de la Bruyere being-sadinabilitybeing-alone I have since learned that the most mature believer is the one who is bent over, leaning most heavily on the Lord, and admitting his total inability to do anything without Christ. The greatest Christian is not the one who has achieved the most but rather the one who has received the most. Jim Cymbala inabilityadmittingchristian All of us wrestle with the angels of our inabilities all the time. We live in fear that our incapacities will be exposed. We posture and evaluate and assess and criticize mercilessly. Joan D. Chittister postureinabilityangel I think my dyslexia was a vital part of my development because my inability to read and write meant that I had to find knowledge elsewhere so I looked to the cinema. Joe Wright inabilitywritingthinking I sometimes wonder if the inability to find oneself makes one seek oneself in other people, in characters. John Cazale inabilitycharacterpeople Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. Deficiency in decision-making ranks much higher than lack of specific knowledge or technical know-how as an indicator of leadership failure. John C. Maxwell inabilitydecisionleadership Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. John C. Maxwell inabilityfailingdecision There's a certain pattern that exists with geniuses - an eccentricity, a lack of social graces and an inability to really communicate with mere mortals. John Noble inabilitygeniusgrace When you get saved, you get saved not because you deserve it, but because you simply let God save you and because you confess your own poor sinful state and your inability to save yourself. John R. Rice inabilityinspirationletting-go What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs. John Stuart Mill inabilitymajoritymen The #1 reasons are unsuccessful is their inability to lead themselves. Johnny Hunt inabilityleadershipreason«12345678910»
