[There are dangers in] the disposition to hunt down rich men as if they were noxious beasts. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I know that even the meanest person has still at his disposition high-sounding words wherewith to mask his real character. — Henryk Sienkiewicz Copy Share Image
The almost universal gift everyone can develop is the creation of a pleasant disposition, an even temperament. — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it. — Plautus Copy Share Image
I think there's something about a writer's disposition, that is, even if unaware, always slightly in a witness state. — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
An affectionate disposition not only makes the mind more peaceful and calm, but it affects our body in a positive way too. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be. — Martha Washington Copy Share Image
An action will not be right unless the will be right; for from thence is the action derived. Again, the will will… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Cheerfulness means a contented spirit, a pure heart, a kind and loving disposition; it means humility and ~ charity, a generous appreciation… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not give them… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Where there is any good disposition, confidence begets faithfulness; but distrust, if it do not produce treachery; never fails to destroy every… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
At any rate, girls are differently situated. Having no need of deep scientific knowledge, their education is confined more to the ordinary… — William John Wills Copy Share Image
To succeed in the game of power, you have to master your emotions. But even if you succeed in gaining such self-control,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
There are certain times when most people are in a disposition of being informed, and 'tis incredible what a vast good a… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
I am tired to death! tired of every thing! I would give the universe for a disposition less difficult to please. Yet,… — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
The library is not, as some would have it, a place for the retiring of disposition or faint of heart. It is… — Eric Burns Copy Share Image
There are still many unsolved problems about bird life, among which are the age that birds attain, the exact time at which… — Paul Bartsch Copy Share Image
The mental disposition of the one who prepares the food is transmitted to all those who consume it. Therefore, as far as… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
The individual woman is required . . . a thousand times a day to choose either to accept her appointed role and… — Jeannette Rankin Copy Share Image
In a world which furnishes so many employments which are useful, and so many which are amusing, it is our own fault… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The last point for consideration is the supposed disposition of the people to interfere with the rights of property. So essential does… — David Ricardo Copy Share Image
Civility, which is a disposition to accommodate and oblige others, is essentially the same in every country; but good breeding, asit is… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Worry is the most popular form of suicide. Worry impairs appetite, disturbs sleep, makes respiration irregular, spoils digestion, irritates disposition, warps character,… — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
Consider the generosity of our Savior: what He acquired by dying becomes ours by eating. As often as we receive this Sacrament… — Louis of Granada Copy Share Image
Perhaps myself the first, at some expense of popularity, to unfold the true character of Jefferson, it is too late for me… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
They - Young People have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In undeveloped social groups, we find very little formal teaching and training. Savage groups mainly rely for instilling needed dispositions into the… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Ghastly," continued Marvin, "it all is. Absolutely ghastly. Just don't even talk about it. Look at this door," he said, stepping through… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“There are many different paths to superior outcomes in business. You will have to find your own path, one that suits your… — Frank Slootman Copy Share Image
If children had teachers for judgment and eloquence just as they have for languages, if their memory was exercised less than their… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,--often the surfeit of our own behavior,--we make… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image