Traits Quotes

475 Traits quotes by 410 unique authors

I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness. — Georg Brandes
Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are… — Warren Buffett
Arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence. Not a pretty cocktail of personality traits in the best of situations. No sirree. Not a pretty cocktail in an office-mate… — Graydon Carter
We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. But the way we treat… — Graydon Carter
I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this… — Madonna Ciccone
Practically everyone now bemoans Western man's sense of alienation, lack of community, and inability to find ways of organizing society for human ends. We have… — Jean Baker Miller
Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have... The deep capacity to weep for the loss of a… — Edwin S. Shneidman
It is harder to be a lifter than a bodybuilder...lifting is purely masculine whereas bodybuilding entails feminine traits. Bodybuilding reminds me of a woman getting… — Doug Hepburn
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
Mental pictures offer us an opportunity to practice new traits and attitudes, which otherwise we could not do. This is possible because again - your… — Maxwell Maltz
A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can't assume that kindness is an inherited trait. It is learned behavior. — Katie Couric
Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging. — William Hazlitt
Satan had two conditions [to his plan]: the first was the denial of agency, and the second, that he would have the honor. In other… — James E. Faust
The fundamental biological variant is DNA. That is why Mendel's definition of the gene as the unvarying bearer of hereditary traits, its chemical identification by… — Jacques Monod
Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the… — Viktor E. Frankl
When we find delight in another person, we've actually found something joyful inside ourselves that involves a shift in our awareness, a shift in our… — Deepak Chopra
Gentleness is a divine trait: nothing is so divine as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength. — Ralph Washington Sockman
Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a… — Sydney J. Harris
The giving up of personality traits, well-established patterns of behavior, ideologies, and even whole life styles...these are major forms of giving up that are required… — M. Scott Peck
I have been scientifically studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so-called,) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I… — Mark Twain
Our novice runs the risk of failure without additional traits: a strong inclination toward originality, a taste for research, and a desire to experience the… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
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… — Unknown Author

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