Traits Quotes

475 Traits quotes by 410 unique authors

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
And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die. But there's a joy and an abundance of everything,… — Melina Marchetta
Self-awareness is a trait that not only makes us human but also paradoxically makes us want to be more than merely human. As I said… — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Aggressive and hard-charging women violate unwritten rules about acceptable social conduct. Men are continually applauded for being ambitious and powerful and successful, but women who… — Sheryl Sandberg
Magnus had a list of favored traits in a partner-black hair, blue eyes, honest... — Cassandra Clare
Cruelty isn't a personality trait. Cruelty is a habit. — Rick Yancey
Even the most sensitive person can get used to even the most insensitive thing. Cruelty isn’t a personality trait. Cruelty is a habit. — Rick Yancey
As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents. — Alain de Botton
Basic personality traits develop early in life and over time become inviolable, hardwired. Most people learn little from experience, rarely thinking of adjusting their behavior,… — A.S.A. Harrison
Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character. — Lewis H. Lapham
Sooner or later that which is now life shall be poetry, and every fair and manly trait shall add a richer strain to the song. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love has a particular trait: it has a task or purpose to fulfill - to abide. By its nature, love is enduring. The Holy Spirit… — Pope Benedict XVI
When you're finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend and… — Frank Borman
It is difficult to find a reputable American historian who will acknowledge the crude fact that a Franklin Roosevelt, say, wanted to be President merely… — Gore Vidal
Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say that the distinguishing… — Stephen Vizinczey
Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better… — Seth Godin
...perhaps the most distinguishing trait of visionary leaders is that they believe in a goal that benefits not only themselves, but others as well. It… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
I never really understood that massive collaboration involving hundreds of people is what makes movies possible, and it's also why I would agree that curiosity… — John Green
When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right.… — Pat Riley
If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would… — Richard DeVos
Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us. — Van Wyck Brooks
Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me. — Cal Ripken, Jr.
If we want our children to possess the traits of character we most admire, we need to teach them what those traits are and why… — William Bennett
No one is born with good character; it's not a hereditary trait. And it isn't determined by a single noble act. Character is established by… — Michael Josephson
The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from, and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult, ethical… — William Bennett

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