Qualities Quotes

1291 Qualities quotes by 941 unique authors

The qualities which technique requires for its advance are precisely those characteristics of a technical order which do not represent indivisual intelligence...The individual, in order… — Jacques Ellul
It was chilling to realize that the sentimental qualities most valued between people, like loyalty, constancy, and affection, are the ones most likely to impede… — Ted Simon
The complete novelist would come into the world with a catalog of qualities like this. He would own the concentration of a Trappist monk, the… — Leon Uris
Character gives us qualities, but it is in actions - what we do - that we are happy or the reverse. ... All human happiness… — Aristotle
Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them… — Joan Baez
No, there's no God, but there might be some sort of an organizing intelligence, and I think to understand it is way beyond our ability.… — George Carlin
Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to be… — Henry Watson Fowler
I do not object to retouching, dodging or accentuation as long as they do not interfere with the natural qualities of photographic technique. — Alfred Stieglitz
Chess is something more than a game. It is an intellectual diversion which has certain artistic qualities and many scientific elements. — Jose Raul Capablanca
The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by it,… — Benjamin Franklin
A chess game, after all, is a fight in which all possible factors must be made use of, and in which a knowledge of the… — Emanuel Lasker
The photographer's problem is to see clearly the limitations and at the same time the potential qualities of his medium, for it is precisely here… — Paul Strand
The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of… — Charles Dudley Warner
As I became aware that all things have unique spatial and temporal qualities which visually define and relate them, I began to perceive the things… — Wynn Bullock
Enormous self-belief, intuition, the ability to take a risk at a critical moment and go in for a very dangerous play with counter-chances for the… — Garry Kasparov
Private and public life are subject to the same rules-truth and manliness are two qualities that will carry you through this world much better than… — Robert E. Lee
Obscenity is not a quality inherent in a book or picture, but is solely and exclusively a contribution of the reading mind, and hence cannot… — Theodore Schroeder
The art of putting into play mediocre qualities often begets more reputation than is achieved by true merit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Everything is on such a clear financial basis in France. It is the simplest country to live in. No one makes things complicated by becoming… — Ernest Hemingway
A sure way of retaining the grace of heaven is to disregard outward appearances, and diligently to cultivate such things as foster amendment of life… — Thomas a Kempis
Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because… — James A. Garfield
You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars. Enthusiasm is the spark in… — Henry Ford
The greatest of all our human concepts is the immortality of the personality and the eternal glory of the human soul. Throughout eternity you will… — Sterling W Sill
There are very few real teachers. Teaching is not a job; it is a vocation. To be a great one many qualities must be combined:… — Alice von Hildebrand
Every kind of work can be a pleasure. Even simple household tasks can be an opportunity to exercise and expand our caring, our effectiveness, our… — Tarthang Tulku

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