Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be a weak man without a strong point. A diamond with a flaw is more valuable that a brick without a flaw.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
Diamonds are intrinsically worthless, except for the deep psychological need they fill.
Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.
It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.
Strong people make as many mistakes as weak people. Difference is that strong people admit their mistakes, laugh at them, learn from them. That is how they become strong.
One likes at the point of production to realize the maximum value, and diamond producers are no different.
Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.
Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.
I don't like the word 'strong,' because a strong character is never an interesting character. A character is made interesting by their vulnerabilities and their weaknesses.
It's more important to know your weaknesses than your strengths.
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