Characteristic Quotes

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I think enough cannot be said for what you can discover through literature. So I think that was probably my most valued characteristic as a… — Julia Roberts
As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
From the Buddhist point of view, it is true that emptiness is a characteristic of all of life - if we look carefully at any… — Sharon Salzberg
The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others. — Jose Saramago
The characteristic of great innovators and great companies is they see a space that others do not. They don't just listen to what people tell… — Eric Schmidt
Great companies that build an enduring brand have an emotional relationship with customers that has no barrier. And that emotional relationship is on the most… — Howard Schultz
I can keep learning about all the different technologies. It's my most telling characteristic. I'm interested in trying anything new. — Martha Stewart
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. — Henry David Thoreau
I wrote three novels in six months, with a clarity of focus and attention to detail that I had never before experienced. This type of… — Ayelet Waldman
I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of… — Simone Weil
I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with… — Elie Wiesel
It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer and fewer people who know how the… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Anyone too undisciplined, too self-righteous or too self-centered to live in the world as it is has a tendency to idealize a world which ought… — David James Duncan
Akin to the idea that time is money is the concept, less spoken but as commonly assumed, that we may be adequately represented by money.… — Wendell Berry
Perseverance means to continue in a given course until we have reached a goal or objective, regardless of obstacles, opposition, and other counterinfluences...Perseverance is a… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
and in some of the people of the town and community surrounding it, one of the characteristic diseases of the twentieth century was making its… — Wendell Berry
Inhumanity, n. One of the signal and characteristic qualities of humanity. — Ambrose Bierce
Dependability, integrity, the characteristic of never knowingly doing anything wrong, that you would never cheat anyone, that you would give everybody a fair deal. Character… — Omar N. Bradley
Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women I have known. Kindness is a passport that opens… — Joseph B. Wirthlin

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