#qualities

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#chose #did #gown #her #i

So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I've tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I'm just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip. ↗

— Katherine Heigl

#allowed #disappointed #gratitude #hard #humility

Experience is easy to provide and quickly put to good use by people with all the other qualities. ↗

— Dee Hock

#experience #good #other #people #provide

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior. ↗

— Juvenal

#diamonds #exterior #individuals #like #many

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty. ↗

— Juvenal

#men #poverty #qualities #rise #thwarted

That something extra, I believe, is a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories. Advertisers like to be associated with those qualities. ↗

— Casey Kasem

#believe #certain #comes #extra #human

If you think of someone's good qualities as the umeboshi in an onigiri it's as if their qualities are stuck to their back! Maybe the reason people get jealous of each other is because they can see so clearly the umeboshi on other people's backs. ↗

— Natsuki Takaya

#fruits-basket #good-qualities #jealousy #food

'The Killing' has a really great combination of qualities: Even though it's very sad and deals with mourning and grief, it's still exciting. It's about real people and it doesn't shy from the painful points of life. ↗

— Joel Kinnaman

#combination #deals #even #exciting #great

To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice and sound, against the backdrop of a grand stage and beautiful costumes, come together in one complete and impressive drama. ↗

— Junichiro Koizumi

#appeal #backdrop #beautiful #come #complete

People accuse me of being Methody, but I'm not at all. The one thing I don't want people to see is me. I don't want them to be able to recognize my faults and failures and qualities, and I won't use those things to spark off emotions or to illustrate. ↗

— Kristin Scott Thomas

#accuse #being #emotions #failures #faults