#qualities

Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends. ↗

— Giorgos Seferis

#action #cunning #dose #egoism #ends

Pain is subtle. He has cold grey fingers. His voice is horse from crying & screaming... When people try to avoid him, he follows them silently & turns upas the bartender, or the bus driver... Pain has an elaborate filing system for keeping track of everyone... Pain respects people who are willing to take risks. If you... face him directly, he will give you a special ointment so your wounds don't fester. ↗

— J. Ruth Gendler

#poetic #qualities #ruth-gendler #respect

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion. ↗

— Lord Acton

#bear #cannot #contrary #development #discussion

No publisher in America improved a paper so quickly on so grand a scale, took a paper that was marginal in qualities and brought it to excellence as Otis Chandler did. ↗

— David Halberstam

#brought #chandler #did #excellence #grand

I was very young at the time, and I mainly appreciated their vocal qualities, even though I was already living as they did - as black performers in a white world. ↗

— Bobby Short

#appreciated #black #did #even #i

The payment made by a manufacturer to a patentee for the privilege of using the patent process, is usually termed, in commercial language, a rent; and under the same head must be ranked all extraordinary qualities of body and mind. ↗

— Nassau William Senior

#commercial #extraordinary #head #language #made

Strategic personal qualities you can base your self-confidence on are those which are interesting for all mankind. ↗

— Rossana Condoleo

#life-coaching #life-tips #personal-competences #personal-growth #personal-qualities

I invited Intuition to stay in my house when my roommates went North. I warned her that I am territorial and I keep the herb jars in alphabetical order. Intuition confessed that she has a ‘spotty employment record.’ She was fired from her last job for daydreaming. When Intuition moved in, she washed all the windows, cleaned out the fireplace, planted fruit trees, and lit purple candles. She doesn’t cook much. She eats beautiful foods, artichokes, avocadoes, persimmons and pomegranates, wild rice with wild mushrooms, chrysanthemum tea. She doesn’t have many possessions. Each thing is special. I wish you could see the way she arranged her treasures on the fireplace mantle. She has a splendid collection of cups, bowls, and baskets. Well, the herbs are still in alphabetical order, and I can’t complain about how the house looks. Since Intuition moved in, my life has been turned inside out. ↗

— J. Ruth Gendler

#j-ruth-gendler #the-book-of-qualities #beauty

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead. ↗

— Karl Von Clausewitz

#darkest #even #faint #first #follow

There is no better manager than a natural born one. ↗

— Rossana Condoleo

#leader-development #leadership #leadership-development #manager-qualities #leadership