A state of the soul is either (1) an emotion, (2) a capacity, or (3) a disposition; virtue therefore must be one… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“But it is doubtless true, and evident from [the] Scriptures, that the essence of all true religion lies in holy love; and… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
There are seeds of happiness in every soul. Our mental attitude and dispositions constitute the environment in which these seeds germinate. There… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
What matters is not your outward appearance. . . but your inner disposition. Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle gracious kind that God delights in. — Saint Peter Copy Share Image
Whenever a great physician treats diseases, he has to be mentally calm and his disposition firm. He should not give way to… — Sun Simiao Copy Share Image
For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from force of character: for obedience is the… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
The object of punishment is to... lift the man up; to stamp out his bad nature and wicked disposition. — Isaac Parker Copy Share Image
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. It is impossible to rightly… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
A man can be prevented from breaking into other persons' houses by shutting him up, but shutting him up may not alter… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Every man cannot have his way in all things. If his opinion prevails at some times, he should acquiesce on seeing that… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Every effort is made in forming matrimonial alliances to reconcile matters relating to fortune, but very little is paid to the congeniality… — Jean Baptiste Massillon Copy Share Image
Character is the sum of one's good habits (virtues) and bad habits (vices). These habits mark us and affect the ways in… — Thomas Lickona Copy Share Image
It was not in her nature, however, to increase her vexations by dwelling on them. She was confident of having performed her… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
We are born with a potential for good character - and for the dispositions and habits that make up bad or weak… — Edwin J Delattre Copy Share Image
What are the moral convictions most fondly held by barbarous and semi-barbarous people? They are the convictions that authority is the soundest… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Even the mind depends so much on temperament and the disposition of one's bodily organs that, if it is possible to find… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Beans are highly nutritious and satisfying, they can also be delicious if and when properly prepared, and they posses over all vegetables… — Andre Simon Copy Share Image
Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness,… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Babies are born with neither good nor bad character. Normal people - as they grow, learn and are trained - develop better… — Edwin J Delattre Copy Share Image
