104 Characteristic Quotes for You to Enjoy

It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Strength Man Strong Decision Strong Man Weak Characteristic About Excellence He Between Make Forced Alternatives Fore Always Issues Decide Them Themselves Momentous Chosen Bring

The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust - not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in that purifying experience, suffering has often been the shortest path to intimacy with God. Brennan Manning

The one characteristic of authentic power that most people overlook is humbleness. It is important for many reasons. A humble person walks in a friendly world. He or she sees friends everywhere he or she looks, wherever he or she goes, whomever he or she meets. His or her perception goes beyond the shell of appearance and into essence. Gary Zukav

Humble People World Perception Power Important Walks Meets Everywhere Characteristic Sees He He Or She Beyond Most She Looks Shell Overlook His Friendly Friends Authentic Person Goes Essence Wherever Reasons Many Appearance Whomever Her

There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. Warren Buffett

Difficult Characteristic Easy Some Seems Likes Make Human Perverse Things

My hair color is super important to my look because I feel like it helps kind of define who I am. It's like a characteristic of mine that makes me feel comfortable and different from the rest. Justine Skye

Racism is very characteristic of imperialism. Racism is very characteristic of capitalism. Hugo Chavez

Capitalism Racism Characteristic Imperialism Very

I.Q. deficiency. There are some people who are an order of fries short of a Happy Meal, and what is often a characteristic about every one of these people is that they don't know it. They have no idea how incompetent or stupid they are. It's the exact opposite. They have the loftiest, highest self-image. Rush Limbaugh

Happy People Some People Stupid Meal Every Deficiency Characteristic Exact Exact Opposite Some No Idea About Highest Idea Know Self-Image How Opposite Fries Often Short Order Who Incompetent

The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare. Other animals fight for territory or food; but, uniquely in the animal kingdom, human beings fight for their 'beliefs.' Michael Crichton

Food Fight Animal Result Animals Awareness Other Characteristic Religious Kingdom Territory Trait Human Human Beings Conformity Warfare Beings Uniquely Beliefs

To the European, it is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be happy.' But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.' Viktor E. Frankl

Happiness Be Happy Happy Culture Characteristic Must Pursued American American Culture Ordered Cannot Again Reason European

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. John Kenneth Galbraith

Time Leadership Great People Anxiety Else Characteristic Willingness Great Leaders Had Leaders Major Unequivocally Essence Common Confront Much

My father always told me I like the ball more than I like playing soccer: since I was a young kid, I was always skilled with it, dribbling furniture around the house. That's how I see football - fun and dynamic - and this goes beyond me; it's a characteristic of Brazilian football. Neymar

Me Father Young Furniture Kid Characteristic See More Football Since Like Beyond House Around Ball Always How Than Goes Brazilian Dynamic Young Kid Soccer Skilled Fun Playing

Certain characteristic properties of elements can be foretold from their atomic weights. Dmitri Mendeleev

Characteristic Atomic Properties Weights Foretold Certain Elements

Great companies that build an enduring brand have an emotional relationship with customers that has no barrier. And that emotional relationship is on the most important characteristic, which is trust. Howard Schultz

Great Relationship Trust Important Build Characteristic Emotional Most Brand The Most Important Enduring Which Customers Companies Barrier

Why are we in this mess, now facing the prospect of economic armageddon? It's because the prevailing characteristic has been greed, and it doesn't matter whether it's individuals living beyond their means or governments living beyond their means or people seeking to get rich quick. Jeremy Paxman

People Matter Greed Rich Living Characteristic Has-Been Seeking Prevailing Economic Facing Individuals Prospect Armageddon Beyond Mess Because Been Governments Quick Get Whether Means Now Why

Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic. Joseph B. Wirthlin

Positive Perseverance Active Characteristic

Pride is tough. You go to high school, and its 'pride,' 'courage;' it's all these types of words that we use to motivate us. I don't think there's anywhere in the Scriptures through the saints' lives where pride was ever a positive characteristic of anybody. Troy Polamalu

Positive You Courage Words Pride School Tough Think Types Characteristic High High School Through Motivate Go Saints Anybody Where Anywhere Scriptures Us Use Ever Lives

An authoritarian style of rule is characteristic of me, and I have always admitted it. Alexander Lukashenko

Me Style Rule Characteristic Admitted Always Authoritarian

Zaha Hadid's Maxxi Museum is proof that Rome and contemporary architecture are no longer a paradox. The building is characteristic Hadid - with curving lines and organic shapes - and the permanent collection already boasts works by Francesco Clemente, William Kentridge, and Gerhard Richter. Amanda Hearst

Architecture Building Organic Characteristic William Paradox Collection Proof Shapes Longer Contemporary Permanent Lines Rome Boast Works Museum

I think there's a quality of passion to the American actor. I'm certainly attracted to it, and I like to hope that underscoring it is a characteristic of my work. That quality is certainly also present in some British actors, but I tend to feel the mechanical and intellectual process is dominant in the British. Arthur Penn

I wrote three novels in six months, with a clarity of focus and attention to detail that I had never before experienced. This type of sublime creative energy is characteristic of the elevated and productive mood state known as hypomania. Ayelet Waldman

Creative Focus Three Before Energy State Type Months Mood Characteristic Clarity Detail Never Had Attention Wrote Known Sublime Six Experienced Productive Creative Energy Novels Elevated

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