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The characteristic virtue of Englishmen is power of sustained practical activity and their characteristic vice a reluctance to test the quality of that activity by reference to principles.
View quotes by R H Tawney

Ever the characteristic manners of cowardice.
View quotes by Edward Everett

Perhaps the most central characteristic of authentic leadership is the relinquishing of the impulse to dominate others.
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By reading the characteristic features of any man's castles in the air you can make a shrewd guess as to his underlying desires which are frustrated.
View quotes by John Dewey

The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from beasts.
View quotes by Heywood Broun

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.
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Alfred Nobel's discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can help men perform admirable tasks. They are also a means to terrible destruction in the hands of the great criminals who lead peoples to war.
View quotes by Pierre Curie

If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humour.
View quotes by Jennifer Jones

All endeavour calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must possess if we are to face the future as finishers.
View quotes by Henry David Thoreau

There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.
View quotes by Rudy Giuliani

Whatever it is that makes a person charming, it needs to remain a mystery once the charmer is aware of a mannerism or characteristic that others find charming, it ceases to be a mannerism and becomes an affectation. And good Lord, there is nothing less charming than affectations!
View quotes by Rex Harrison



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