Quotes About Traits

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting things he has got.

Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

A human being has no discernible character until he acts.

A man finds room in a few square inches of his face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants.

Heredity is nothing but stored environment.

Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us.

Heredity is an omnibus in which all our ancestors ride, and every now and then one of them puts his head out and embarrasses us.

It runs in the blood like wooden legs.

My mother was a terrible narcissist and I could well have turned out like her.

The most successful politicians are the ones who embrace their best traits while turning their liabilities into loveable attributes. And yet, many a candidate tries to run as something they aren't simply because the strategy dictates it.

The recipe for any character is always very interesting, as far as what doses of certain qualities you want.

If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits

Mr Phipps seemed to think criminality was passed down through the generations like a stutter, or a squint, or in my case red hair.

antisocial personality disorder. No empathy, a misplaced sense of entitlement, lots of anger issues, and a liar. But her IQ was sky-high." "Anything

Deviance is woven into the fabric of a person's genes, as is intelligence and moral fortitude. I would ask you how

His looks were the result of a genetic crapshoot.

We all end up at least somewhat like our parents, especially in the way we deal with our children.

He loved her in spite of her unlovableness. Armande had many trying, thought not necessarily rare, traits, all of which he accepted as absurd clues in a clever puzzle.

the personality you are developing

The traits I respect are erudition and the courage to stand up when half-men are afraid for their reputation. Any idiot can be intelligent.

In a textbook case of naive empiricism, the author also looked for traits these millionaires had in common and figured out that they shared a taste for risk taking. Clearly risk taking is necessary for large success—but it is also necessary for failure. Had the author done the same study on bankrupt citizens he would certainly have found a predilection for risk taking.

I mentioned earlier that to understand successes and analyze what caused them, we need to study the traits present in failures.

that to understand successes and analyze what caused them, we need to study the traits present in failures.

The entire notion of biography is grounded in the arbitrary ascription of a causal relation between specified traits and subsequent events. Now consider the cemetery. The graveyard of failed persons will be full of people who shared the following traits: courage, risk taking, optimism, et cetera. Just like the population of millionaires. There may be some differences in skills, but what truly separates the two is for the most part a single factor: luck. Plain luck.