Ifs Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Traits don't change, states of mind do.

— Elizabeth Strout

The best cure for one's bad tendencies is to see them fully developed in someone else.

— Alain de Botton

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

— Chuck Jones

When somebody who is different shows himself to be different in a good way, that's how development happens.

— Linus Torvalds

This is a lesson mankind has not yet learned. We identify, and stratify, and treat persons largely on the basis of their accidental (physical)…

— Sydney J. Harris

In my opinion, unique personality makes for a desirable trait.

— Shehnaaz Gill

Contrary to what we've been taught, genes do not determine physical and character traits on their own. Rather, they interact with the environment in…

— David Shenk

“According to Free Trait Theory, we are born and culturally endowed with certain personality traits—introversion, for example—but we can and do act out of…

— Susan Cain

“Good type development thus demands that the auxiliary supplement the dominant process in two respects. It must supply a useful degree of balance not…

— Isabel Briggs Myers

Basic personality traits develop early in life and over time become inviolable, hardwired. Most people learn little from experience, rarely thinking of adjusting their…

— A.S.A. Harrison

I try and balance positive and negative character traits given to me.

— Rao Ramesh

You also want people who are maniacally determined and that is slightly different than having a risk tolerant attitude.

— Sam Altman