Characteristics Quotes

She had always wanted to do every thing, and had made more progress in both drawing and music than many might have done with so little labour as she ever would submit to... She was not much deceived as to her own skill either as an artist or a musician, but she was not unwilling to have others deceived, or sorry to know her reputation for accomplishment often higher than it deserved.

26. Don’t marry someone with intolerable characteristics in the hopes of changing him or her. If you can’t live with someone who drinks or someone who isn’t a Christian or someone who isn’t clean, then don’t marry that kind of person. The chances for miraculous improvements or changes in behavior are slim. What you see is what you get!

One of the characteristics of humility is the ability to take the second place without striving for self-promotion

Many things have been compared to a brick, mainly as a tribute to their intellect or to their aerodynamic characteristics.

We are not built for mediocrity, but we build it into our lives nonetheless.

Who you are is too vast to be captured by the reflection of a mirror, classified by the state of your attitude, or categorized by the opinions of others. Therefore, if any of these are defining you, you have yet to be defined.

Sometimes the reason God doesn't show up to win your battles is because he already put inside of you the power to end it.