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“The characteristic danger of great nations, like the Romans or the English which have a long history of continuous creation, is that they may at last fail from not comprehending the great institutions which they have created”

May Long Lasts Nations Failing Danger Creation Institutions Characteristics Great Nations Comprehending

Book:The Works and Life of Walter Bagehot

Source: The Works and Life of Walter Bagehot

“the American family is failing in its job of turning out stable human beings. ... It is failing because Americans do not dare to cultivate in themselves those characteristics which would make family life creative and rewarding. To do so, would ruin them financially.”

Humans Jobs Human Beings Creative Failing Dare Ruins Characteristics Stable Family Life American Family

Book:The Folks at Home

Source: The Folks at Home

“Women are penalized both for deviating from the masculine norm and for appearing to be masculine. When women try to establish their competence, they are scrutinized for evidence that they lack masculine (instrumental) characteristics as well as for signs that they no longer possess female (expressive) ones. They are taken to fail, in other words, both as a male and as a female.”

Trying Wells Taken Failing Evidence Female Males Characteristics Sexism Norm Masculine Competence Appearing Expressive

Book:Beyond the Double Bind: Women and Leadership

Source: Beyond the Double Bind: Women and Leadership

“A sure sign of a crisis is the prevalence of cranks. It is characteristic of a crisis in theory that cranks get a hearing from the public which orthodoxy is failing to satisfy.”

Failing Theory Economics Crisis Hearing Complaining Characteristics Orthodoxy Crank

Book:Contributions to Modern Economics

Source: Contributions to Modern Economics

“The ability to make a decision is another characteristic of a winner in money matters. I have found over and over again that those who succeed in making large sums of money reach decisions very promptly and change them, if at all, very slowly. I have also found that people who fail to make money reach decisions very slowly, if at all, and change them frequently and quickly.”

People Ifs Matter Found Ability Decision Failing Succeed Making Money Winner Characteristics Money Matters

Book:Money Dynamics for the 1990s

Source: Money Dynamics for the 1990s

“When you gossip about another person, listeners unconsciously associate you with the characteristics you are describing, ultimately leading to those characteristics' being “transferred” to you. So, say positive and pleasant things about friends and colleagues, and you are seen as a nice person. In contrast, constantly complain about their failings, and people will unconsciously apply the negative traits and incompetence to you.”

People Persons Nice Failing Negative Complaining Characteristics Pleasant Gossip Contrast Traits Listeners Colleagues Associates Describing Incompetence Nice Person Pleasant Things

Book:59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot

Source: 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot

“Trying to be the best. Failing. Getting back up. Those characteristics are going to allow you to make great decisions. They are going to allow you to compete. They are going to allow you to achieve your best. That's the American dream.”

Trying Dream Decision Failing Achieve Characteristics Being The Best American Dream Getting Back Up

Author:Ronnie Lott

“We will never be able to understand the terrible things that happened between 1933 and 1945 if we deny from the outset that Hitler also had human characteristics, and if we fail to take into account not only his criminal energies, but also the appealing qualities he had.”

Ifs Humans Able Energy Quality Failing Happened Terrible Accounts Deny Criminals Characteristics Terrible Things

Author:Volker Ullrich