attitude toward others

Be not angry that you can not make others as you wish them tobe, since you can not make yourself as you wish to be. ~Thomas E Kempis

Quality

Quality is never an accident; It is always the result of high intentin, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution : It represents the wise choice of many alternatives. - Willa A. Foster.-

Integrity

Integrity is truthfulness. It is doing what you say will do. - Mike Murdock -.

Obsessive-compulsive personality

The most idealistic presidents were frequently the most inflexible…

-- Dean Keith Simonton

Personality traits of a genius (5)

Of all the characteristics of well-known creative people, independence and passion are the ones that appear most consistently across different fields and through different generations.

– Teresa Amabile, The Social Psychology of Creativity

Personality traits of a genius (4)

I am not a genius. I’m not even gifted. I’m just garden-variety smart persons.

– Peter Norton of Norton Disk Doctor, Norton Utilities, LA Times, June 12, 1994

Personality traits of a genius (3)

I have no special gift—I am only passionately curious.

– Albert Einstein in P. Schlipps, Albert Einstein : Philosopher-scientist, Library of Living Philosophers

Personality traits of a genius (2)

Geniuses are not meek, submissive souls. – Dean Keith Simonton, Greatness

Crucial factor in creativity

The most crucial factor in creativity is the motivation to do something creative.

– Teresa Amabile, The Social Psychology of Creativity

Personality traits of a genius

“Personality’ characteristics of genius have no content; they are basically motivational in nature.

– Robert Weisberg, Creativity Beyond the Myths of Genius

Genius traits

Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way. – William James

Preparation

Chance only favors the prepared mind. –Louis Pasteur, scientist.