Trait Quotes

213 quotes by 196 authors

Introverts living under the Extroversion Ideal are like women in a man's world, discounted because of a trait that goes to the core of who… — Susan Cain
The common trait of all evil is nothing other than egoism... Basically all human evil comes from what we call the selfishness. — Rudolf Steiner
There is not in all America a more dangerous trait than the deification of mere smartness unaccompanied by any sense of moral responsibility. — Theodore Roosevelt
Bragging is not an attractive trait, but let's be honest. A man who catches a big fish doesn't go home through an alley. — Ann Landers
There is tremendous life and personality in a name. It should be at least as agonized over as any character trait. — Travis Beacham
More than any other personality trait, my mother seemed to be ruled by anger and sadness. She seemed to hate being a mother. Watching her… — Merrill Markoe
Obama is capable - as evidenced by his first-term success with health care reform. But mandate-building requires humility, a trait not easily associated with him. — Ron Fournier
The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the bed and the character trait of ambition. — Sigmund Freud
The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her, not only… — Emma Goldman
Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the… — Gail Collins
Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world. — Pierre Corneille
The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British. — Simon Cowell
This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this… — Philip K. Dick
I think self-knowledge is the rarest trait in a human being. — Elizabeth Edwards
I have sporadic OCD cleaning moments around the house. But then I get lazy and I'm cured. It's a very inconsistent personality trait. — Chris Hemsworth
Sarcasm is a Manchester trait. — Peter Hook
The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose… — Ivan Illich
No trait is more justified than revenge in the right time and place. — Meir Kahane
Indeed, the best way to think of willpower is not as some shapeless behavioral trait but as a sort of psychic muscle, one that can… — Jeffrey Kluger
No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance. — Giacomo Leopardi

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