Personality Quotes

Oscar Wilde defines a perfect personality as “one who develops under perfect conditions, who is not wounded, maimed, or in danger.” A perfect personality, then, is only possible in a state of society where man is free to choose the mode of work, the conditions of work, and the freedom to work. One to whom […]

It is usually a surprise to discover that most ugliness we see in others is but a reflection of our own nature.

What does it say about our culture that personality is now considered a technology, a tool of the trade, not only in politics but in business and the professions? Has everyone been forced to become an actor? In sixteenth century England, actors were not allowed to be buried in the same cemeteries as ‘God-fearing folk,’ […]

Personality has the power to open many doors, but character must keep them open.

Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.

It is by no means certain that our individual personality is the single inhabitant of these our corporeal frames… We all do things both awake and asleep which surprise us.

I had the menopause. I never liked being a woman; I never liked having to be feminine, although i could do a pretty good imitation of it. But once you go through the menopause, you get your true personality back.

There must be a recognition of the sacredness of human personality. Deeply rooted in our political and religious heritage is the conviction that every man is an heir to a legacy of dignity and worth.

The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others.

A “Normal” person is the sort of person that might be designed by a committee. You know, “Each person puts in a pretty color and it comes out gray.”