Characteristic Quotes

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Unteachable from infancy to tomb - There is the first and main characteristic of mankind. — Winston Churchill
The ever-mounting glut of waste materials is characteristic by-product of modern consumer society. It might even be argued that capitalism's continual need to find of… — Stuart Ewen
One characteristic of Americans is that they have no toleration at all of anybody putting up with anything. We believe that whatever is going wrong… — Margaret Mead
Man's most human characteristic is not his ability to learn, which he shares with many other species, but his ability to teach and store what… — Margaret Mead
One charming characteristic of many flank attacks I could mention is that they do not very often lead to simplification: if the attack is parried,… — Bent Larsen
Depend upon it, the first universal characteristic of all great art is Tenderness, as the second is Truth. — John Ruskin
Persistence is a characteristic to which success invariably surrenders. — Catherine Ponder
In more simple words, we might say everything in the universe is trying to become every other thing; and every condition of everything is trying… — Walter Russell
Balance is the natural state of life, because the basic characteristic of the fundamental element of life, pure consciousness, is complete balance. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
People who are optimistic see a failure as due to something that can be changed so that they can succeed next time around, while pessimists… — Daniel Goleman
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of religion. Rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of science. In other words, religion has become a… — Gary Zukav
Now it is characteristic of play that one plays without reason and there must be no reason for it. Play is its own good reason. — Lin Yutang
The reason we see hypocrisy and fraud and unreality in others is because they are all in our own hearts. The great characteristic of a… — Oswald Chambers
Every characteristic absence of spirituality, every piece of common vulgarity, is due to an inability to resist a stimulus - you have to react, you… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Arminianism is 'natural' in one sense, in that it represents a characteristic perversion of Biblical teaching by the fallen mind of man. — J I Packer
Strength is an excellent example of a physical characteristic that drives improvement in other athletic parameters. More strength means more power, more endurance, better coordination,… — Mark Rippetoe
The medieval hall house was very primitive when it became the characteristic form of dwelling of the landowner of the Middle Ages. — Stephen Gardiner
It was the first and most striking characteristic of Socrates never to become heated in discourse, never to utter an injurious or insulting word --… — Epictetus
An important characteristic of calm abiding meditation is to let go of any goal and simply sit for the sake of sitting. We breathe in… — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
There is no pulse so sure of the state of a nation as its characteristic art product which has nothing to do with its material… — Gertrude Stein

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