Quotes about Vulnerability

I've suffered through depression and anxiety my entire life.

As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies.

Sorrow makes us all children again[,] destroys all differences of intellect[.] The wisest know nothing[.]

Far off, men swell, bully and threaten: bring them hand to hand, and they are a feeble folk.

Our strength grows out of our weakness

Being disconnected from the local church, for whatever reason, is a dangerous way to live...like lone sheep away from the safety of the flock and the watchful care of the shepherd, [these lone rangers] are vulnerable to predators of every sort." —Nancy Leigh DeMoss

Once it is acceptable to kill unborn children, no one who is weak or vulnerable can be safe. Is a handicapped person fully human? Is his life meaningful? How about the elderly? If those who cannot think do not deserve to live, what about those who think the wrong way?

Our lives are shaped by others literally from birth, and even the best of intentions can result in the most unexpected of hurts.

I'm cold,' Snowden said softly, 'I'm cold.' 'You're going to be all right, kid,' Yossarian reassured him with a grin. 'You're going to be all right.' 'I'm cold,' Snowden said again in a frail, childlike voice. 'I'm cold.' 'There, there,' Yossarian said, because he did not know what else to say. 'There, there.' 'I'm cold,' Snowden whimpered. 'I'm cold.' 'There, there. There, there.

You're inches away from death every time you go on a mission. How much older can you be at your age?

In the morning he stepped from his tent looking haggard, fearful and guilt-ridden, an eaten shell of a human building rocking perilously on the brink of collapse.

God knows the mess we're in when He calls us. His light shines greater through "cracked pots" than it does through those who have it all together.