63 Quotes About Traits

We internalize traits we observe in others as a way to honor and remember them. We are all living memorials.

Altogether he was one in whom no man would have seen anything to admire, and in whom no woman would have seen anything to dislike.

Perhaps a seemingly dull, boring person is not a person who lacks personality, but rather a person with so much personality most other things bore them.

... across the aeons and the global distances what all the peoples of the world really have in common is so many similar ways of doing humiliating and painful things to each other.

The trait I regard most highly in a man is kindness. Thoughtful, consistent kindness. All other qualities—whether charming, witty, handsome, enterprising, powerful, seductive, or ingenious—wither in comparison to a truly kind man.

The strength of a man is in his character. A strong man is great man of wisdom who understands, his top priority is to his family.

To possess a rich life of wholeness that brings happiness into the soul; is to show loving and caring characteristic traits toward others.

A Martial Artist may become A professional fighter but not every Fighter is capable of becoming A martial artist. Martial Arts are about restoration of physical and spiritual balance and fluidity; they are about observing restraints and 'setting example'. Every practice session is A reminder of the play of opposites (yin and yang), . . . .

Why should our nastiness be the baggage of an apish past and our kindness uniquely human? Why should we not seek continuity with other animals for our 'noble' traits as well?