John Oldham Quotes

I was fifteen when I left school. And what did I get to show for my ten years in the British education system? A piece of paper which said: John Osbourne attended Birchfield Road Secondary Modern. Signed, Mr Oldham (Headmaster) That was f**king it. Not a single qualification. Nothing. I had two career choices: manual labour or manual labour.

Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise, risking more than others think is safe, dreaming more than others think is practical, and expecting more than others think is possible. —Ronnie Oldham

This wretched Inn, where we scarce stay to bait, We call our Dwelling-Place: We call one Step a Race: But angels in their full enlightened state, Angels, who Live, and know what ‘tis to Be, Who all the nonsense of our language see Who speak things, and our words, their ill-drawn pictures, scorn, When we, by a foolish figure, say, Behold an old man dead! then they Speak properly, and cry, Behold a man-child born!

We seem historically to be more comfortable with others who are similar to us rather than different—same

foundations of personality are inherited

To psychiatrists, the inborn biological, genetic aspect of your personality is called your temperament.

your personality style—will be fairly set by the end of childhood, and you will be playing the “game of life” in your distinctive way for the remainder of your years.

Personality disorders, on the other hand, are long-term patterns of inflexible and maladaptive behavior that are manifest from adolescence.

Conscientious individuals are ruled by their heads. Emotions, urges, whims, or hungers do not often get the best of them.

Idiosyncratic types are sustained by the rich inner worlds of their Selves; they may or may not be successful by other people’s standards or fit comfortably into the social order, but no matter what others say or convention dictates, they continue to march to their own drummer.

What you choose to do in your life, how you choose it, and how you deal with Work-domain difficulties (including being out of work or having to work two jobs to make ends meet) are also revealing of your personality style.

Your personality style is your own, utterly individual amalgam of fourteen separate, identifiable styles.