Quotes
Quotes on personality
“Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successfull personality and duplicate it.” - Bruce Lee, 1940-1973, Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial artist, director, producer and screenwriter
“It is better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you are not.” - André Gide, 1869-1951, French author
“Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.” – Epictetus, AD 55 – AD 135, Greek sage and Stoic philosopher
“If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other living creature.” - Bruce Barton, 1886-1967, American author, advertising executive, and politician
“Don't try to take on a new personality; it doesn't work.” - Richard M. Nixon, 1913-1994, 37th President of the United States (1969-74)
“Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.”- Erich Fromm, 1900-1980, German-American Jewish social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist
“Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own.”- Soren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish Christian philosopher, theologian and religious author
“Humility is no substitute for a good personality.” - Fran Lebowitz, 1950-, American author
“Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality.” - Alexis Carrel, 1873-1944, French surgeon and biologist
“Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer and of the recipient.” - E. M. Forster, 1879-1970, English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist
“Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.” - Mae West, 1893-1980, American actress, playwright and screenwriter
“Every cask smells of the wine it contains.” - Spanish proverb
“An individual's self-concept is the core of his personality. It affects every aspect of human behavior: the ability to learn, the capacity to grow and change. A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success in life.” - Dr. Joyce Brothers, 1927-, American psychologist, television personality and advice columnist
“I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.” - Roy Croft, poet
“A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.” - Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, political and spiritual leader of India
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