Zitat des Tages über Wird schwächer / Weakens:
A feeble body weakens the mind.
I have always marveled that so many religions exact such revenge against dissenters. It only weakens the appeal of their faith and contradicts any claims they might have made that 'all religions are basically the same.'
Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.
Largely this is a class thing - writers tend to be cosseted little middle-class kiddies who think that the world owes them a royalty cheque. But just doing it - being in your room for years on end, locked in your head, alone with invented ghosts - it weakens and softens the body. And I know I can't just live in my head.
From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.
Trouble results when the speed of growth exceeds the speed of nurturing human resources. To use the analogy of growth rings in a tree, when unusually rapid growth caused the rings to grow abnormally thick, the tree trunk weakens and is easily broken.
An effeminate education weakens both the mind and the body.
In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoholic. The relationship with alcohol is a real problem in English football and, in the short term, it's much more harmful to a sportsman. It weakens the body, which becomes more susceptible to injury.
Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me.
A puny body weakens the soul.
I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength.
The privatization plan weakens Social Security and threatens our economic security by creating trillions of dollars in new debt.
Due to our consumer mindset, people are prone to jump from church to church, which weakens the church overall.
I have always marveled that so many religions exact such revenge against dissenters. It only weakens the appeal of their faith and contradicts any claims they might have made that 'all religions are basically the same.' If all religions were indeed the same, why not let someone be 'converted' to another religion?
Cheating is not the American way. It is small, while we are large. It is cheap, while we are richly endowed. It is destructive, while we are creative. It is doomed to fail, while our gifts and responsibilities call us to achieve. It sabotages trust and weakens the bonds of spirit and humanity, without which we perish.