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You would be amazed how many important outs you can get by working the count down to where the hitter is sure you're going to throw to his weakness, and then throw to his power instead.

I know Koufax' weakness. He can't hit.

Man's biological weakness is the condition of human culture.

I would be surprised to see the White House scaling back on anything. That would be an admission they are operating from a position of weakness.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.

Scientists tend to be skeptical, but the weakness of the community of science is that it tends to move into preformed establishment modes that say this is the only way of doing science, the only valid view.

To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.

My biggest weakness is patience, wanting to see things happen too quickly or get changes in place right away. Not having the patience to let things develop.

Tolerance it a tremendous virtue, but the immediate neighbors of tolerance are apathy and weakness.

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

Don't mistake niceness for weakness.

I am tired. My arm aches. My head boils. My feet are cold. But I am not aware of any weakness.

The weakness of ourselves and of our reason makes us see flaws in beauties by making us consider everything piece by piece.

Unfortunately, the food industry has not yet faced this situation and begun taking measures to avoid exploiting our weakness for not knowing when we have had enough.

The very strength of a nation eventually proves to be its weakness.

And yet you see the weakness of external evidence-and outward miracles; they were not sufficient to make true believers, or to make the Israelites believe that Jesus was their promised Messiah.

The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it.

There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.

What played to what had been a relative weakness for us-this was exploding overseas as well, and we had to scramble to mount some reach and get into places and be competitive on the ground.