Trait Quotes

213 quotes by 196 authors

Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. It is a trait we hate in other people but justify… — Stephen Kendrick
When you see a small change in your life it means its a huge change in personality and your trait — Natasha Friend
Americans worship technology. It's an inherent trait in the national zeitgeist. — Max Brooks
It's a very American trait, this wanting people to think well of us. It's a young want, and I am ashamed of it in myself.… — Madeleine L'Engle
It is a very natural human trait to destroy that which frightens us. — Laurell K. Hamilton
I didn't bother to explain about the glitter in my hair. I figured they could think it was a family trait. We all glittered, just… — Janette Rallison
The special trait making me an anarch is that I live in a world which I â€˜ultimatelyâ€™ do not take seriously. This increases my freedom;… — Ernst Junger
Another thing is, people lose perspective. It is a cultural trait in America to think in terms of very short time periods. My advice is:… — Winona LaDuke
As history shows us, when colonization is voluntary, people will self-select better than any testing system. Itâ€™s like those foolish attempts to control immigration to… — Orson Scott Card
Paranoia is a survival trait when you run in my circles. It gives you something to do in your spare time, coming up with solutions… — Jim Butcher
I have a hundred times heard him say, that all ages and nations have represented their gods as wicked, in a constantly increasing progression; that… — John Stuart Mill
Nana acts like a stray cat, wild, free, and proud.... ...But inside her heart, she houses a wound. Dense as I am, i thought that.… — Ai Yazawa
Anything outside yourself, this you can see and apply your logic to it. But itâ€™s a human trait that when we encounter personal problems, these… — Frank Herbert
Confidence is a fine trait. Over-confidence isn't. — Laurell K. Hamilton
He had the uncanny capacity to know exactly what your weak point is, know what will make you feel small, to make you cringe," Joanna… — Walter Isaacson
Listen to me: I never married because I was too easily bored. It's an awful, self-defeating trait to have. It's much better to be too… — Rachel Cohn
After all the fears, the warnings, after all, a woman's mistakes are different from a girl's. They are written by fire on stone. They are… — Janet Fitch
Introversion- along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness- is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology. Introverts living in… — Susan Cain
No one tells the truth to people they don't actually know, and if they do it is a horrible trait. Everyone wants something smaller, something… — Ann Patchett
What you are as a single person, you will be as a married person, only to a greater degree. Any negative character trait will be… — Josh McDowell

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