Weakened Quotes

“Maybe everything bad that happens to you makes you weaker," said Giovanni, as though he had not heard me, "and so you can stand less and less.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

“Indwelling sin remains in us even though it has been dethroned. And though it has been overthrown and weakened, its nature has not changed. Sin is still hostile to God and cannot submit to His law (Romans 8:7). Thus we have an implacable enemy of righteousness right in our own hearts. What diligence and watchfulness is required of us when this enemy in our souls is ready to oppose every effort to do good!”
― Jerry Bridges, The Pursuit of Holiness

“What mutates viruses? A changing environment. In particular, a changed radiation environment. Radiation causes mutations, this is a proven fact. What is the favorite host for a virus? A human with a weakened immune system. What weakens a human immune system? A changing environment. We have a virus that keeps on mutating and evading vaccines and it is targeting those with weakened immune systems. That is exactly how nature works. The predator picks off the weak, leaving the strong to produce the next generation.”
― Steven Magee, Magee’s Disease

“Fungal infections are a classic sign of a weakened immune system.”
― Steven Magee, Hypoxia, Mental Illness & Chronic Fatigue

“At the age of 52 I damaged the ulnar nerve in my right arm during a 2 hour altitude test at 9,200 feet. I was left with a numb little finger and a weakened right hand.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“When believing in God has vanished or weakened, there will not be conscience anymore, when the conscience has gone, humanity will be vanished.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“I had let them make me weak. Bent to it like some wild horse broken to the bit.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury