We have allowed a soft sentimentalism to form the atmosphere we breathe. And in that kind of atmosphere, a diffuse desire to do good has become a substitute for tough-minded plans and operations-a substitute for strategy.

The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.

The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

The weakest and most timorous are the most revengeful and implacable.

It was not the violence of our enemies [in World War I] that would undo us, I thought, but our own spiritual weakness, the shallowness of our convictions.

He is a fool who tries to match his strength with the stronger. He will lose his battle, and with the shame will be hurt also.

It is to escape the responsibility for failure that the weak so eagerly throw themselves into grandiose undertakings.

We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression.

Often we are firm from weakness, and audacious from timidity.

There is nothing so imperious as feebleness which feels itself supported by force.