Trait Quotes

213 quotes by 196 authors

You must give soldiers reasons to have confidence and pride in themselves, in their leaders, and in their units. Only then will you have loyalty.… — George W. Dunaway
You can't assume that kindness is an inherited trait. It is learned behavior. — Katie Couric
Gentleness is a divine trait: nothing is so divine as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength. — Ralph Washington Sockman
Human beings never think for themselves... For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told-and become upset if they are… — Michael Crichton
Curiosity has ... proven to be a great ingredient in resilience, a trait particularly valuable in an extended economic downturn. Resilient people aren't made of… — Chip Conley
The denial of death is openly acknowledged as a significant trait of our culture. The tears of the bereaved have become comparable to the excretions… — Philippe Aries
If successful people have one common trait, it's an utter lack of cynicism. The world owes them nothing. They go out and find what they… — Mike Zimmer
My experiments with single traits all lead to the same result: that from the seeds of hybrids, plants are obtained half of which in turn… — Gregor Mendel
When two plants, constantly different in one or several traits, are crossed, the traits they have in common are transmitted unchanged to the hybrids and… — Gregor Mendel
If there is a trait which does characterize leaders it is opportunism. Successful people are very often those who steadfastly refuse to be daunted by… — John Viney
A man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe. — Euripides
The fact that we are born with the potential to go from simple survival to God-consciousness is the remarkable trait that sets our nervous systems… — Deepak Chopra
Integrity is not a character trait that one possesses more or less of but a sophisticated state of processing experience in the world one enters… — David A. Kolb
There is only one trait that makes the writer. He is always watching. — Morley Callaghan
In every story I have heard, good teachers share one trait: a strong sense of personal identity infuses their work. — Parker J. Palmer
The fatal trait of the times is the divorce between religion and morality. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The gift of language is the single human trait that marks us all genetically, setting us apart from the rest of life. — Lewis Thomas
Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Good humor isn't a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice. — David Seabury
Rooney has those things that you cannot teach players - the positions he takes up just behind the front men is a European trait, — John Toshack

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