Traits Quotes - Page 10

• You can't assume that kindness is an inherited trait. It is learned behavior.

  Katie Couric

  Kindness, Assuming, Behavior

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• Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging.

  William Hazlitt

  Justice, Judging, Prejudice

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1341, Delphi Classics

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• 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 words, something had to be in it for him. And thus he became the father of lies and selfishness. Taking up one's cross and following the Savior means overcoming selfishness; it is a commitment to serve others. Selfishness is one of the baser human traits, which must be subdued and overcome. We torture our souls when we focus on getting rather than giving.

  James E. Faust

  Selfish, Lying, Father

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• 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 Avery (confirmed by Hershey), and the elucidation by Watson and Crick of the structural basis of its replicative invariance, are without any doubt the most important discoveries ever made in biology. To this must be added the theory of natural selection, whose certainty and full significance were established only by those later theories.

  Jacques Monod

  Science, Dna, Discovery

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• I'm not for pretending that bad stuff doesn't exist, and a passion for justice and truth is a libertarian trait. But the idea of liberty should also reveal new forms of beauty in the world, astonishing evidence of order without dictate, lovely examples of innovation without planning, and other magical things. Surely these deserve some attention too.

  Jeffrey Tucker

  Passion, Order, Ideas

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• Feminine traits are called weaknesses. People joke about them; fools ridicule them; but reasonable persons see very well that those traits are just the tools for the management of men, and for the use of men for female designs.

  Immanuel Kant

  Men, People, Design

  Immanuel Kant, Victor Lyle Dowdell, Hans H. Rudnick (1996). “Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View”, p.217, SIU Press

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• I was lucky to have the right heroes. Tell me who your heroes are and I'll tell you how you'll turn out to be. The qualities of the one you admire are the traits that you, with a little practice, can make your own, and that, if practiced, will become habit forming.

  Warren Buffett

  Hero, Practice, Quality

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• People who do not succeed have one distinguishing trait in common. They know all the reasons for failure, and have what they believe to be air-tight alibis to explain away their own lack of achievement.

  Napoleon Hill

  Believe, Air, People

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.216, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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• Women should not have to adopt masculine traits in order to succeed. You should be able to stay as a woman, and in tune with your femininity, and still be equal.

  Isla Fisher

  Order, Tunes, Able

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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 find the result profoundly humiliating to me. For it obliges me to renounce my allegiance to the Darwinian theory of the Ascent of Man from the Lower Animals; since it now seems plain to me that that theory ought to be vacated in favor of a new and truer one, this new and truer one to be named the Descent of Man from the Higher Animals.

  Mark Twain

  Science, Animal, Men

  Mark Twain (1973). “What Is Man? and Other Philosophical Writings”, p.81, Univ of California Press

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• Through microscopic examination one can find in almost every life incidents or traits that can be destructive when they are magnified.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Gossip, Examination, Incidents

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• 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 exposed to any different view. The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity. We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion.

  Michael Crichton

  Fear, Thinking, Self

  "The Lost World". Book by Michael Crichton, 1995.

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• We may say that many, if not all, of the personality traits which we have called masculine or feminine are as lightly linked to sex as are the clothing, the manners, and the form of headdress that a society at a given period assigns to either sex.

  Margaret Mead

  Sex, Masculine And Feminine, Personality

  "Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies". Book by Margaret Mead, 1935.

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• The partisan strife in which the people of the country are permitted to periodically engage does not tend to the development of ugly traits of character, but merely discloses those that preexist.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Country, Character, People

  Ambrose Bierce, Ernest Jerome Hopkins (1968). “The Ambrose Bierce satanic reader: selections from the invective journalism of the great satirist”

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• The worst enslaving trait of all is greed. I rail against the substitution of money for worth. The idea that the endless accumulation of dead money can furnish a meaningful life to sold-out souls is the supreme lie offered by the system of free enterprise.

  Gerry Spence

  Meaningful, Money, Lying

  Gerry Spence (2002). “Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner's Manual for Life”, p.111, Macmillan

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• Modern Darwinism makes it abundantly clear that many less ruthless traits, some not always admired by robber barons and Fuhrers - altruism, general intelligence, compassion - may be the key to survival.

  Carl Sagan

  Life, Compassion, Keys

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• In just 200 tweets we can assess and identify 52 different personality traits of a customer. We ran an analysis over 500,000 people and we really nailed this. Think of providing this powerful insight to a retailer. We can see what they value, not just what they are buying. We have found a 40-45% increase in sales when you recommend upsales based on values instead of past buying behavior.

  Sandy Carter

  Powerful, Past, Thinking

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• I think that when you look at the great politicians, the two greatest in my view were George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, they certainly had character traits. You also know Abraham Lincoln overcame severe depression problems that he had when he was younger, which gave him the strength and the character later on.

  John McCain

  Inspirational, Strength, Strong

  "Encore Presentation: Interview With John McCain". "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. November 20, 2005.

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• The single most valuable human trait, the one quality every schoolchild and adult should be taught to nurture, is, quite simply, kindness.

  Derren Brown

  Kindness, Quality, Adults

  "Confessions of a Conjuror". Book by Derren Brown, October 2010.

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• When there are miles to go before we sleep, altered traits are more important than altered states.

  Huston Smith

  Sleep, Important, States

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• The goal of spiritual life is not altered states, but altered traits

  Huston Smith

  Spiritual, Goal, Life Is

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• Even in a jungle, lovely flowers will spring up here and there, such being the fecundity of nature, and however badly our pastors and masters run our society, however much they pull to pieces that which they claim to be keeping intact, nature remains fecund, human beings are born with human traits, sometimes human strength outweighs human weakness, and human grace shows itself amid human ugliness. ‘In the bloodiest times,’ as our play has it, ‘there are kind people.’

  Eric Bentley

  Running, Spring, Flower

  Eric Bentley (2008). “Bentley on Brecht”, p.200, Northwestern University Press

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• Punctuality is an essential trait of the teacher. It is a foundation, not an embellishment.

  Boyd K. Packer

  Teacher, Foundation, Essentials

  Boyd K. Packer (1975). “Teach Ye Diligently”

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• I believe that box lacrosse gives young people many more opportunities to excel in our game. If I had my choice, I would have every player under the age of twelve play box lacrosse exclusively or at least a majority of the time. The number of touches of the ball and the ability to develop better stick skills in a game of box lacrosse, far surpasses what happens to young people on a 110 x 60 yard field. Learning how to pass and catch in traffic, understanding how to shoot, and developing a sense of physicality are all positive traits developed by the box game.

  Bill Tierney

  Believe, Opportunity, Player

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• Marriage provides an ideal setting for overcoming any tendency to be selfish or self-centered. I think one of the reasons that we are counseled to get married early in life is to avoid developing inappropriate character traits that are hard to change.

  Richard G. Scott

  Selfish, Character, Thinking

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