Disposition Quotes

376 Disposition quotes by 264 unique authors

The mental disposition of the one who prepares the food is transmitted to all those who consume it. Therefore, as far as possible the mothers… — Mata Amritanandamayi
But a good patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition,… — Edmund Burke
No one is so rich that he does not need another's help; no one so poor as not to be useful in some way to… — Pope Leo XIII
The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces so ill a reputation, were… — Henry Walter Bates
I think good things are happening to me and will continue. I am not optimistic about the rest of the species, but I'm so blessed,… — Daniel Gilbert
The doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise the character and… — John Stuart Mill
Regimes are modes of self-discipline, but are not solely constituted by the orderings of convention in day-to-day life; they are personal habits, organised in some… — Anthony Giddens
The glory of the disposition that stops to consider stimuli rather than rushing to engage with them is its long association with intellectual and artistic… — Susan Cain
The effect to be sought is the dislocation of the opponent's mind and dispositions - such an effect is the true gauge of an indirect… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Character is the sum of one's good habits (virtues) and bad habits (vices). These habits mark us and affect the ways in which we respond… — Thomas Lickona
I cannot see the short, white curls Upon the forehead of an Ox, But what I see them dripping with That poor thing's blood, and… — Mark Twain
What is the disposition which makes men rejoice in good bargains? There are few people who will not be benefited by pondering over the morals… — Henry Ward Beecher
Magpie, n.: A bird whose theivish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk. — Ambrose Bierce
Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways. — Unknown Author
For a young and presumptuous poet a disposition to write satires is one of the most dangerous he can encourage. It tempts him to personalities,… — Robert Southey
A tender-hearted and compassionate disposition, which inclines men to pity and feel the misfortunes of others, and which is, even for its own sake, incapable… — Henry Fielding
Sanctification means being made one with Jesus so that the disposition that ruled Him will rule us. It will cost everything that is not of… — Oswald Chambers
For the Rays, to speak properly, have no Colour. In them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a… — Isaac Newton
the senses alone are not implicitly to be depended on. We must correct their evidence by reason, and by considerations, derived from the nature of… — David Hume
Our personal dispositions are as windowpanes through which we see the world either as rosy or dull. The way we color the glasses we wear… — Fulton J. Sheen
Order is the disposition of things in which each gives to the other its room, its own proper place. That's the external aspect. The other… — David Steindl-Rast
As might be expected of creatures so heavenly in color, the disposition of bluebirds is particularly angelic. Gentleness and amiability are expressed in their soft… — Neltje Blanchan
If someone knows from experience that daily Communion increases fervor without lessening reverence, then let him go every day. But if someone finds that reverence… — Thomas Aquinas
We must distinguish between genes that cause physical characteristics, like the color of your eyes or hair, over which you have no control, and what… — Erwin W. Lutzer
It [will-making] is the latest opportunity we have of exercising the natural perversity of the disposition ... This last act of our lives seldom belies… — William Hazlitt

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