Top 5 David Keirsey Quotes (2025 Update)

David Keirsey Quote: “Our attempts to reshape others may produce change, but the change is distortion rather than transformation.”

1. “Our attempts to reshape others may produce change, but the change is distortion rather than transformation.”

2. “Artisans ought to be enjoyed for what they are instead of condemned for what they are not, something that can also be said of the other three temperaments.”

— David Keirsey

3. “Whether at home or at work, ISTJs are nothing if not reliable, particularly when it comes to inspecting the people and things in their jurisdiction-quietly seeing to it that uniform quality of product is maintained, and that those around them uphold certain standards of attitude and conduct.”

— David Keirsey

4. “Status, prestige, authority, degree, licence, credential, badge of office, reputation, manners – all of these marks of social approval mean nothing to the NTs when the issue is the utility of goal-directed action.”

— David Keirsey

5. “Since NTs are naturally disinterested in tradition and custom, it should be no surprise that they readily abandon the customary for the workable.”

— David Keirsey

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