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title: "8 Important Trait Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [“What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the “real world”? Most of the game is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/what-advice-would-you-give-to-a-smart-driven-college-student-about-to-2/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

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> [Embracing failure is the most important trait I've developed in my career. I have tried to learn from my failures, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reshma-saujani/embracing-failure-is-the-most-important-trait-i-ve-developed-in-my/)

[Reshma Saujani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reshma-saujani/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51d/reshma-saujani-8101_believe_embracing-failure-is-the-most-important_510911.jpg)

> [“Their willingness to help others is arguably the single most important trait that defines them as Newfoundlanders. Today, it is an identity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-defede/their-willingness-to-help-others-is-arguably-the-single-most/)

[Jim DeFede](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-defede/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/jim-defede-82199_brotherly-love_their-willingness-to-help-others-is-argu_558240.jpg)

> [Humility is a very important trait in a critic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-giddins/humility-is-a-very-important-trait-in-a-critic/)

[Gary Giddins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-giddins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/901/gary-giddins-25694_critic_humility-is-a-very-important-trait-in-a_561292.jpg)

> [I had a very long time, a period where shows that I had done were not successful or not initially successful, and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-schwartz/i-had-a-very-long-time-a-period-where-shows-that-i-had-done-were-not/)

[Stephen Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-schwartz/)

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> [Doubt is a very important trait. Out of doubt comes thinking, decisions, choices. We learn stuff. We learn to make mistakes. Or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-landau/doubt-is-a-very-important-trait-out-of-doubt-comes-thinking-decisions/)

[Martin Landau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-landau/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f7/martin-landau-3492_choices_doubt-is-a-very-important-trait-out-of-d_1232161.jpg)

> [Confidence is a life ingredient that is essential to success and wholeness. It is perhaps the single most important trait that enables…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-goodier/confidence-is-a-life-ingredient-that-is-essential-to-success-and/)

[Steve Goodier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-goodier/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/209/steve-goodier-7151_average_confidence-is-a-life-ingredient-that-is_2381104.jpg)

> [Do you know the most important trait a man can have? It is not executive ability; it is not a great mentality;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-carnegie/do-you-know-the-most-important-trait-a-man-can-have-it-is-not/)

[Dale Carnegie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-carnegie/)

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