#qualities

Olympism... exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind and will. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

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The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it. ↗

— Norman Cousins

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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. ↗

— Rudy Giuliani

#being #beliefs #characteristic #great #having

The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society. ↗

— James Anthony Froude

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Physical qualities don't really matter much. ↗

— Frank Langella

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To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#devotion #excellent #other #politics #qualities

It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can do that is - like Verdi said - working with a file, every day, little by little, until the orchestra's collective qualities emerge. ↗

— James Levine

#collective #communication #day #emerge #every

You try on purpose to get players with different qualities which will rub off on one another. ↗

— James Levine

#different #get #off #players #purpose

Washington's entire honesty of mind and his fearless look into the face of all facts are qualities which can never go out of fashion and which we should all do well to imitate. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge

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We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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