Quotes About Qualities

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love. —NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

The word "genius" comes from the Latin, and originally referred to a guardian spirit that watched over the birth of each person; it later came to refer to the innate qualities that make each person uniquely gifted.)

Charmers. First, they don't talk much about themselves, which heightens their mystery and disguises their limitations. Second, they seem to be interested in us, and their interest is so delightfully focused that we relax and open up to them. Finally Charmers are pleasant to be around. They have none of most people's ugly qualities—nagging, complaining, self-assertion. They seem to know what pleases.

But I wasn't called, Karigan said. Are you so sure? The captain smiled. The valling to become a rider comes in a variety of ways. Perhaps you are right about iT being the situation: F'ryan's dying, you being right there. She shrugged. Their qualities are peculiar. They seem to attract strange adventures and extraordinary people to the wearer. Some belive iT is just the nature of the job, of being a king's Messenger, yet others believe iT is the magic.

One can be ugly in looks, but lovely in disposition.

If I were to construct a God I would furnish Him with some way and qualities and characteristics which the Present lacks.

The exact proportion and combination of the qualities within you, as they are, even while you search and struggle for them to be different or better, is a unique beauty.

The bully mind is not capable of loving or respecting others nor can it love or respect itself. Life's subtleties and the means of survival require its pretense of both these qualities.

Manners are the shadows of virtues; the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love, and respect.

While we are indifferent to our good qualities, we keep on deceiving ourselves in regard to our faults, until we come to look on them as virtues.

We are not greatly pleased that our friends should respect our good qualities if they venture to perceive our faults.

Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.

The system may prefer downgraded humans not because they would possess any superhuman knacks, but because they would lack some really disturbing human qualities that hamper the system and slow it down.

AI is nowhere near human-like existence. But 99 per cent of human qualities and abilities are simply redundant for the performance of most modern jobs. For AI to squeeze humans out of the job market it needs only outperform us in the specific abilities a particular profession demands.

encouragement and hope are the two most powerful qualities any person can provide to others.

Hire and promote first on the basis of integrity; second, motivation; third, capacity; fourth, understanding; fifth, knowledge; and last and least, experience. Without integrity, motivation is dangerous; without motivation, capacity is impotent; without capacity, understanding is limited; without understanding, knowledge is meaningless; without knowledge, experience is blind. Experience is easy to provide and quickly put to good use by people with all the other qualities.

I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition and the qualities that make people feel safe and cared for.

Seven "C"s that constitute your Character, IMHO, are: Confidence, Compassion, Courage, Clarity, Calmness, Consistency, and Commitment.

But it would be absolutely mistaken to regard a wealth of theoretical knowledge as characteristic proof for the qualities and abilities of a leader.

Femininity appears to be one of those pivotal qualities that is so important no one can define it.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

Leadership is the sum of those qualities of intellect, human understanding, and moral character that enables a person to inspire and control a group of people successfully.

Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.

Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.