33 Quotes On Charm And Charisma

In a world where first impressions often set the tone for relationships, mastering the art of charm and charisma can open countless doors. Whether it's turning a casual acquaintance into a lifelong friend, impressing colleagues in a business meeting, or simply bringing joy into someone's day, charm and charisma have the power to captivate and engage like nothing else. This carefully curated collection of 33 quotes is designed to inspire and guide you in harnessing these powerful qualities. Let these words of wisdom from some of the world's most charismatic figures serve as a reminder of the impact genuine warmth and charm can have on those around you.

1. “Charm was a scheme for making strangers like and trust a person immediately, no matter what the charmer had in mind.” - Kurt Vonnegut

2. “When a girl feels that she’s perfectly groomed and dressed she can forget that part of her. That’s charm” - F. Scott Fitzgerald

3. “The mayor was the most dangerous of individuals. He possessed, in equal amounts, unhealthy doses of charm and ambition. He was a driven opportunist.” - Marc Fitten

4. “Is she sane?’ asked Mrs. Linton, appealing to me. ‘I’ll repeat our conversation, word for word, Isabella; and you point out any charm it could have had for you.” - Emily Brontë

5. “Charm is often despised but I can never see why. No one has it who isn't capable of genuinely liking others, at least at the actual moment of meeting and speaking. Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.” - P.D. James

6. “She went out in the city with its lights like a radioactive phosphorescence, wandered through galleries where the high-priced art on the walls was the same as the graffiti scrawled outside by taggers who were arrested or killed for it, went to parties in hotel rooms where white-skinned, lingerie-clad rock stars had been staying the night their husbands shot themselves in the head, listened to music in nightclubs where stunning boyish actors had OD'd on the pavement.” - Francesca Lia Block

7. “The cuter the boy, the mushier your brain.” - Jeanne Birdsall

8. “Icarus.""Hmm?""I don't have a hidden agenda. Nor do I intend to use you or mislead you with my charm."Despite herself, she smiled, glancing at him. His face was studiously neutral."The day you act charming, I'll know something is wrong.” - Dru Pagliassotti

9. “At first sight, his address is certainly not striking; and his person can hardly be called handsome, till the expression of his eyes, which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance, is perceived.” - Jane Austen

10. “Her delight in the smallest things was like that of a child. There were days when she ran in the garden, like a child of ten, after a butterfly or a dragon-fly. This courtesan who had cost more money in bouquets than would have kept a whole family in comfort, would sometimes sit on the grass for an hour, examining the simple flower whose name she bore.” - Alexandre Dumas-fils

11. “The easiest way to gain someone's trust is to deserve it. This should be pretty easy, assuming you're just being you and being real. Minimal effort too.” - Ashly Lorenzana

12. “Sonia's terribly fond of juggling with people's lives. I never shall forget when she made me go to her doctor...I can only say he very nearly killed me. It's not her fault if I'm here today. She's entirely unscrupulous. She gets a hold over people much too easily, with her charm and her prestige, and then forces her own values on them.” - Nancy Mitford

13. “All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.” - Leo Tolstoy

14. “He’s an indulgent sort of man……With a quick lip and a fierce tongue, the sort of tongue that draws you in with charm and words of praise, awkward silences and desperate worships.” - Jamie Weise

15. “Charm is getting people to say "yes" without ever having to ask them a question.” - Connie Brockway

16. “Ultimate prosperity is one's value within. It takes a man of depth, morality, and charm to be envied yet without a sign of wealth or romance. A passion to prove such inner worth is his permission to achieve whatever he desires.” - Criss Jami

17. “Peeta actually is charming and then utterly winning as the boy in love. And there I am, blushing and confused, made beautiful by Cinna’s hands, desirable by Peeta’s confession, tragic by circumstance, and by all accounts, unforgettable.” - Suzanne Collins

18. “He put his hand on my waist, and my heart began to pound, a rougher rhythm than the music. I held my skirt. Our free hands met. His felt warm and comforting and unsettling and bewildering--all at once.” - Gail Carson Levine

19. “Would you favor me with a dance?" Over all the others I was his choice! I curtsied, and he took my hand. Our hands knew each other. Char looked at me, startled. "Have we met before, Lady?” - Gail Carson Levine

20. “Sometimes, you get things right the first time. Others, the second. But the third time, they say, is the charm.” - Sarah Dessen

21. “He's charmed by her as if she were some fairy!" continued Arabella. "See how he looks round at her, and lets his eyes rest on her. I am inclined to think that she don't care for him quite so much as he does for her. She's not a particular warm-hearted creature to my thinking, though she cares for him pretty middling much-- as much as she's able to; and he could make her heart ache a bit if he liked to try--which he's too simple to do.” - Thomas Hardy

22. “But youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.” - Oscar Wilde

23. “The President is also captured in a well-worn TV news clip, making a boilerplate response to a question on terrorism and then asking the reporters to watch his drive. Well, that's what you get if you catch the President on a golf course. If Eisenhower had done this, as he often did, it would have been presented as calm statesmanship. If Clinton had done it, as he often did, it would have shown his charm.” - Christopher Hitchens

24. “You can con God and get away with it, Granny said, if you do so with charm and wit. If you live your life with imagination and verve, God will play along just to see what outrageously entertaining thing you'll do next.” - Dean Koontz

25. “Charm sometimes has a habit of taking its leave of you. (p.256)” - Charles Baxter

26. “The vampire could woo any woman with his charisma and his charm, but he only wishes to romance her.. for eternity.” - Mr. Depravity

27. “She once told him about the mysterious trampled-down places found in fields, which the peasants superstitiously called werewolves' nests. Coming across one of these sites, she fell to her knees and buried her face in the flattened yellow grasses, hoping to inhale the odor of a werewolf, a csordásfarkas. As if his scent was a charm. She smelled nothing but hay burned by the afternoon sun.” - Jody Shields

28. “Charm me into giving you the red M&Ms. They’re my favorite.'I looked Hades in the eyes. 'Give me the red M&Ms.''Still not good enough.''Give me the damn M&Ms,"'I snapped.He snickered. 'That wasn’t very charming.” - Kaitlin Bevis

29. “Even when apologising, this guy turns on the charm. And the worst thing is that it works.She had reached a point in her life where she no longer expected anything from men, though that didn't stop her from falling in love with them.” - Guillaume Musso

30. “Some were made with skill and intelligenceSome with passion and charmBut they, they were raw, and strived to remain so…” - Pearl Pandya

31. “Horse [Man you will find here a new representation of the universe at its most poetic and most modern Man man man man man man Give yourself up to this art where the sublime does not exclude charm and brilliancy does not blur the nuance it is now or never the moment to be sensitive to poetry for it dominates all dreadfully Guillaume Apollinaire]” - Guillaume Apollinaire

32. “Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation.” - Mason Cooley

33. “She's not classically beautiful, but somehow that only makes her more interesting.” - Jodi Picoult