Intrinsic Qualities Quotes

Good people are found not changed. They can change themselves, but you can't change them. You want good people, you have to find them. If you want motivated people, you have to find them, not motivate them.

Outer beauty is inner beauty made visible.

Outer beauty is inner beauty made visible, and it manifests itself in the light that flows in our eyes.

What we are is more important than what we have or what is said of us.

A zebra does not change its spots.

It is by that which cannot be taken away that we can measure ourselves.

Good human qualities-honesty, sincerity, a good heart-cannot be bought with money, nor can they be produced my machines, but only by the mind itself. We can call this the inner light, or God's blessing, or human qualitity. This is the essence of mankind.

I come to the understanding that maybe what was on the inside was more important, and that your outer covering didn't count so much as folks thought it did, colored or white, man or woman.

Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other organism does. That's human nature.

Men, however distinguished by external accidents or intrinsick qualities, have all the same wants, the same pains, and, as far as the senses are consulted, the same pleasures.

Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise.

It doesn't matter whether you're the king of a country or... a fabulous Beatle; it's what's inside that counts.

Temperament is fixed, set. The skull, followed by the temperament: the two hardest parts of the body. Follow your temperament. It is not a philosophy, It is a rule, like the Rule of St Benedict.

Be sure you separate 'who you are' from 'what you have' and 'what you do'.

Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.

I am interested in the nature of things. The nature of something is quite different from the way it looks.

Wisdom, Happiness, and Courage are not waiting somewhere out beyond sight at the end of a straight line; they're part of a continuous cycle that begins right here. They're not only the ending, but the beginning as well.

People are interested by talent. God is impressed by character

We each appear to hold within ourselves a range of divergent views as to our native qualities.. And amid such uncertainty, we typically turn to the wider world to settle the question of our significance.. we seem beholden to affections of others to endure ourselves.

Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.

The things I can't change are the reasons you'll love me

Our greatest strength comes not from what we possess, but from what we believe; not from what we have, but from who we are.

Bear in mind that brains and learning, like muscle and physical skill, are articles of commerce. They are bought and sold. You can hire them by the year or by the hour. The only thing in the world not for sale is character.

Virtue and genuine graces in themselves speak what no words can utter.