Qualities Quotes

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Unconsciously we all have a standard by which we measure other men, and if we examine closely we find that this standard is a very… — Mark Twain
These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of… — Abigail Adams
[Words] cling to the very core of our memories and lie there in silence until a new desire reawakens them and recharges them with loving… — Laura Esquivel
This world demands the qualities of youth; not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of… — Robert Kennedy
Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will… — Frank Herbert
Love brings to light a lover's noble and hidden qualities-his rare and exceptional traits: it is thus liable to be deceptive of his normal qualities. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Whenever and wherever men have engaged in the mindless slaughter of animals (including other men), they have often attempted to justify their acts by attributing… — Farley Mowat
Now, brethren, do not expect perfection in your choice of a mate. Do not be so particular that you overlook her most important qualities of… — Ezra Taft Benson
But we are living in a skeptical and, if I may use the phrase, a thought-tormented age; and sometimes I fear that this new generation,… — James Joyce
You seize your freedom in a spirit of rebelliousness, exuberance, defiant joy. But to live that choice -- over the weeks and months and years… — Brian Morton
Around us the night creatures have their say. We are surrounded by a symphony of crickets and frogs. Neither of us feels the need to… — Libba Bray
The truest art I would strive for in any work would be to give the page the same qualities as earth: weather would land on… — Gretel Ehrlich
Cities have always offered anonymity, variety, and conjunction, qualities best basked in by walking: one does not have to go into the bakery or the… — Rebecca Solnit
My working method has more often than not involved the subtraction of weight. I have tried to remove weight, sometimes from people, sometimes from heavenly… — Italo Calvino
...once I falsely hoped to meet the beings who, pardoning my outward form, would love me for the excellent qualities which I was capable of… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you. — Sarah Dessen
It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them â€” the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you… — Haruki Murakami
I am really only myself when I'm somebody else whom I have endowed with these wonderful qualities from my imagination. — Zelda Fitzgerald
Love, I would later conclude, was all things to all people. Love was the breaking and healing of hearts. Love was misunderstood, love was faith,… — R.J. Ellory

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