--- title: "8 Agreeableness Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 8 Agreeableness quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Agreeableness sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/sir-fulke-greville-15667_agreeableness_a-lively-and-agreeable-man-has-not-only_157423.png" --- > [A lively and agreeable man has not only the merit of liveliness and agreeableness himself, but that also of awakening them in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-fulke-greville/a-lively-and-agreeable-man-has-not-only-the-merit-of-liveliness-and/) [Sir Fulke Greville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-fulke-greville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/sir-fulke-greville-15667_agreeableness_a-lively-and-agreeable-man-has-not-only_157423.png) > [We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it is a symmetry whose rules are unknown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/we-may-say-of-agreeableness-as-distinct-from-beauty-that-it-is-a/) [Francois de La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-1_agreeableness_we-may-say-of-agreeableness-as-distinct_171324.png) > [We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it consists in a symmetry of which we know not the rules,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/we-may-say-of-agreeableness-as-distinct-from-beauty-that-it-consists/) [Francois de La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-1_agree_we-may-say-of-agreeableness-as-distinct_362979.png) > [“innovators need to be disagreeable. By disagreeable, I don’t mean obnoxious or unpleasant. I mean that on that fifth dimension of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/innovators-need-to-be-disagreeable-by-disagreeable-i-don-t-mean/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9c/malcolm-gladwell-348_agreeableness_innovators-need-to-be-disagreeable-by-di_691550.png) > [There's a personality trait known as agreeableness. Agreeable people are compassionate and polite. And agreeable people get paid less than disagreeable people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jordan-peterson/there-s-a-personality-trait-known-as-agreeableness-agreeable-people/) [Jordan Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jordan-peterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/jordan-peterson-4688_agreeableness_there-s-a-personality-trait-known-as-agr_848779.jpg) > [Vanity is the poison of agreeableness; yet as poison, when artfully and properly applied, has a salutary effect in medicine, so has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-fulke-greville/vanity-is-the-poison-of-agreeableness-yet-as-poison-when-artfully-and/) [Sir Fulke Greville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-fulke-greville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/sir-fulke-greville-15667_agreeableness_vanity-is-the-poison-of-agreeableness-ye_1190505.png) > [“I class the principle of moral feeling under that of happiness, because every empirical interest promises to contribute to our well-being by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/immanuel-kant/i-class-the-principle-of-moral-feeling-under-that-of-happiness/) [Immanuel Kant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/immanuel-kant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/856/immanuel-kant-532_character_i-class-the-principle-of-moral-feeling-u_1841960.jpg) > [“Agreeable people are warm, supportive, and loving; personality psychologists have found that if you sit them down in front of a computer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cain/agreeable-people-are-warm-supportive-and-loving-personality/) [Susan Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a19/susan-cain-647_agreeableness_agreeable-people-are-warm-supportive-and_2346407.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agreeableness/#itemlist", "name": "Agreeableness Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A lively and agreeable man has not only the merit of liveliness and agreeableness himself, but that also of awakening them in others.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sir Fulke Greville" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-fulke-greville/a-lively-and-agreeable-man-has-not-only-the-merit-of-liveliness-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/sir-fulke-greville-15667_agreeableness_a-lively-and-agreeable-man-has-not-only_157423.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/sir-fulke-greville-15667_agreeableness_a-lively-and-agreeable-man-has-not-only_157423.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/sir-fulke-greville-15667_agreeableness_a-lively-and-agreeable-man-has-not-only_157423.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A lively and agreeable man has not only the merit of liveliness and agreeableness himself, but that also of…” — Sir Fulke Greville", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it is a symmetry whose rules are unknown.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Francois de La Rochefoucauld" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/we-may-say-of-agreeableness-as-distinct-from-beauty-that-it-is-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-1_agreeableness_we-may-say-of-agreeableness-as-distinct_171324.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-1_agreeableness_we-may-say-of-agreeableness-as-distinct_171324.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-1_agreeableness_we-may-say-of-agreeableness-as-distinct_171324.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it is a symmetry whose rules are unknown.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it consists in a symmetry of which we know not the rules, and a secret conformity of the features to each other, as also to the air and complexion of the person.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Francois de La Rochefoucauld" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/we-may-say-of-agreeableness-as-distinct-from-beauty-that-it-consists/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-1_agree_we-may-say-of-agreeableness-as-distinct_362979.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-1_agree_we-may-say-of-agreeableness-as-distinct_362979.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-1_agree_we-may-say-of-agreeableness-as-distinct_362979.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it consists in a symmetry of which we know not…” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“innovators need to be disagreeable. 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