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Anti-social behavior is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

Bragging is not an attractive trait, but let’s be honest. A man who catches a big fish doesn’t go home through an alley.

Most people are average. Founders are not. Founders’ traits seem to have an inverse normal distribution to them.

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

The most identifiable trait of Anglo-Saxons is that we always mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.

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.

When you enter a mindset, you enter a new world. In one world (the world of fixed traits) success is about proving you’re smart or talented. Validating yourself. In the other (the world of changing qualities) it’s about stretching yourself to learn something new. Developing yourself.

Send us people with initiative, who can carry themselves and others too; such as need to be carried hamper the work and weaken those who should be spending their strength on the heathen. Weaklings should be nursed at home! If any have jealousy, prides, or talebearing traits lurking about them, do not send them, nor any who are prone to criticize. Send only Pauls and Timothys; men who are full of zeal, holiness and power. All others are hindrances. If you send us ten such men the work will be done.

Far from being a psychological trait, the spirit of revenge is the principle on which our whole psychology depends.

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.

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 concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.

We should not minimize the great outstanding service of Eugenics for critical and diagnostic investigations. It demonstrates … that uncontrolled fertility is universally correlated with disease, poverty, overcrowding and the transmission of hereditable traits.

Humility is not a character trait to develop, it’s the natural by-product of being with Jesus.

Emo means different things to different people. Actually, that’s a massive understatement. Emo seems solely to mean different things to different people—Like pig latin or books by Thomas Pynchon, confusion is one of its hallmark traits.

The determining trait of the enterprising (or active, or aggressive) investor is his willingness to devote time and care to the selection of securities that are both sound and more attractive than the average.

My most noticeable physical trait is, hands down, my hair. It’s big, unruly and curly, and you can spot it from a mile away… literally.

As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.

It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.

Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they’re alive and human.

Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism. It is the notion of ascribing moral, social or political significance to a man’s genetic lineage-the notion that a man’s intellectual and characterologic al traits are produced and transmitted by his internal body chemistry.

Do not make Mistakes about Character. That is the worst and yet easiest error. Better be cheated in the price than in the quality of goods. In dealing with men, more than with other things, it is necessary to look within. To know men is different from knowing things. It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.

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. This trait of hers was a part of her charm as well. ..but she never realized how much pain it brought her…. -Nana Komatsu

Edify a person in advance for the positive traits you want him or her to have, and you’ll find them making a concerted effort to live up to your praise.

There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn’t seem to come with them.

If I were called upon to identify briefly the principal trait of the entire 20th century… I would be unable to find anything more precise and pithy than to repeat once again: Men have forgotten God.

My not-so-fun traits are that I get very impatient and I can be really stubborn.

I think probably the one trait that would concern me about brother Bing would be his lack of responsibility.

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 neater than the truth.

A lot of the problems of parenthood are universal. Yes, it’s harder being younger and growing up yourself, but all those anxieties and problems are going to be faced by anyone at any age. When people hear about teenage parents and teenage pregnancy, they attribute a lot of personality traits to those individuals, which is just such a bizarre thing when you really think about it. Like, how does age and circumstance equate to some kind of personality trait?

… the friendship of worthless people has a bad effect (because they take part, unstable as they are, in worthless pursuits, and actually become bad through each other’s influence). But the friendship of the good is good, and increases in goodness because of their association. They seem even to become better men by exercising their friendship and improving each other; for the traits that they admire in each other get transferred to themselves.

Express your admiration for the traits, possessions or accomplishments of your customer. Little things mean a lot.

Portugal was born in the shadow of the Catholic Church and religion, from the beginning it was the formative element of the soul of the nation and the dominant trait of character of the Portuguese people.

One of the common traits of outstanding performers-coaches, athletes, managers, sales representatives, executives, and others who face a daily up/down, win/lose accounting system-is that a rejection, that is, defeat, is quickly forgotten, replaced eagerly by pursuit of a new order, client, or opponent.

That decision to use basically all white models, reveals a trait that is unbecoming to modern society. It can no longer be accepted…