• What are the qualities of a person?
• Strengths and weaknesses

We explain what are the qualities of a person, their relationship with the moral framework, differences with the defects and examples of both.

Some qualities are born with the person and others are acquired over time.

What are the qualities of a person?

When we talk about the qualities of a personWe refer to its fundamental and identity traits, that is, to that set of characteristics that define it and that somehow distinguish it from the individuals that surround it.

These traits can be their own (born with the person) or acquired (learned over time), and can be valued positively (virtues) or negative (defects); the latter depending on the framework moral and cultural from which they are looked at. For example, the Christian tradition values ​​certain qualities and condemns certain defects, more or less different from those in others. regions cultures of the globe can be appreciated and condemned.

The word quality comes from the Latin qualitas, which could be translated as "particular and distinctive properties". However, over time it acquired a certain positive meaning: thus, today we usually associate qualities with those traits that we consider remarkable about ourselves, that is, with those defining traits that we are not ashamed to recognize. The others, on the other hand, are defects.

In fact, the terms quality and quality are etymologically related, the latter being much clearer and more evident in its positive appreciation. Today we can say that one of the most desired qualities of a product, for example, is that it be of quality.

Strengths and weaknesses

We usually distinguish the qualities, that is, the remarkable features, from the defects, the reprehensible features, when talking about a person (especially if it is about ourselves). Everything that we consider positive or at least fundamental in someone will be a quality; while everything negative or at least embarrassing about someone is a defect.

Possible examples of personal qualities are:

• The honesty, the ability to say the truth and not lie.
• The responsibility, the will to take charge of what is said or done and face the consequences that it brings.
• Reliability, which is the ability to be trustworthy, that is, not to disappoint others and to keep one's word.
• The assertiveness, that is, the ability to express opinions and express oneself in a way that does not offend others, but rather encourages their understanding.
• Gratitude, the will to give back what is received and value the efforts of others that go to their own benefit.
• The loyalty, the ability to commit frontally to a cause or to someone and to remain faithful, instead of acting behind the back of others.
• Generosity, which is the ability to detach oneself in favor of others when necessary.
• Prudence, that is, the ability to assess risks before making a decision to do so responsibly.
• Compassion, that is, the ability to be moved by the pain of others.
• The creativity, talent for original thought and inventiveness.
• Tenacity, that is, the ability to stay focused on a objective Despite the disadvantages.
• The discipline, which is the ability to govern yourself and not give in to impulses.
• The patience, what is the tolerance towards the defects of others and generosity with one's own time and energy.
• The resilience, which is the ability to overcome inconveniences and emerge strengthened through learning personal.
• The modesty, that is to say, the fact of not believing oneself more than the others.

Instead, they are examples of personal flaws:

• Envy, which is the tendency to be saddened by the successes of others and to want them for oneself despite not deserving them.
• Disloyalty, the opposite of loyalty, that is, the tendency to change sides and causes as appropriate at the time.
• Opportunism, which is the tendency to seize opportunities regardless of who is hurt or what promises have been made previously.
• Recklessness, also called recklessness, which consists of decision making without weighing the risks and without taking time to think before acting or speaking.
• Ignorance, that is, the tendency to speak and express opinions about what is not known.
• The ineptitude, which is the poor resolution capacity of problems as a consequence of few knowledge or little personal disposition.
• Irresponsibility, a tendency to blame others for their own faults and not assume the consequences of what is done or said.
• The impertinence, tendency to say or do things at the least possible moment or in the least possible context.
• Pettiness, the opposite of generosity, is the low capacity for detachment and the desire to monopolize all that is good for oneself, to the detriment of others, even when it comes to very banal or superfluous things.
• The pride, also called arrogance, which is the tendency to believe oneself more than others, that is, the opposite of humility.
• Insincerity, which is the tendency to tell lies and hide information for one's own benefit.
• Clumsiness, understood as little skill in handling situations, physical or social (in the latter case, lacking bad intentions).
• Anger, also called intrigue, which is the ability to manipulate others for their own benefit, disarming people from each other to always remain as the only neutral or noble individual.
• The laziness, which is the low capacity for work or the tendency to slacken in vital or important matters.
• Irascibility, that is, the tendency to get angry and lose your temper in situations that do not merit it.
• Cruelty, which is the low capacity to sympathize with the suffering of others and the insensitivity when causing it, either for personal gain, or purely gratuitously.