Faults Quotes

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

All the faults of the age come from Christianity and journalism. Christianity, of course, but why journalism?

Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.

It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort.

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

And you yourself always be seated at the middle fo the high table that your presence as lord or lady may appear openly to all, and that you may plainly see on either side all the service and all the faults.

Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin.

To discern what weaknesses and faults separate you from God, you must enter into your own inward ground and then confront yourself.

We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.

A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little "personal characteristics."

We are people with all the hopes, dreams, passions, and faults of everyone else. Eighty percent of us are born into families with no history of dwarfism.

We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.

Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.

Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.

I might have faults but I'm not a big head.

I see no faults in the Church, and therefore let me be resurrected with the Saints, whether I ascend to heaven or descend to hell, or go to any other place. And if we go to hell, we will turn the devils out of doors and make a heaven of it.

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity.

People accuse me of being Methody, but I'm not at all. The one thing I don't want people to see is me. I don't want them to be able to recognize my faults and failures and qualities, and I won't use those things to spark off emotions or to illustrate.

In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country.

It's easy to see the faults in people I know; it's hardest to see the good. Especially when the good isn't there.

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

The essence of a man is found in his faults.

Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how can he be perfect?

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

I work for him despite his faults and he lets me work for him despite my deficiencies.

Activism isn't about holding your faults up to the light. That's what comedy is about, it's about saying, 'Look at this person who is so flawed and frail and damaged. And we're all this frail and damaged so let's laugh at it.'

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.

Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.