Definitions: (1) strikingly bold or brilliant; showy; (2) extravagantly dashing and colorful
Derivation: French, “flaming, blazing”
Too Far: obnoxious
How to Live This Quality Today: Wear bright colors.
Quotes:
• If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work. — Beryl Markham [nee Clutterbuck] (1902–1986) British-Kenyan aviator {First person to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic from Britain to North America.}
• In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. — Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) Alsatian polymath [seven disciplines]