Disposition Quotes

376 quotes by 264 authors

The most favourable laws can do very little towards the happiness of people when the disposition of the ruling power is adverse to them. — Edmund Burke
It is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. There was once a man who, not being able to find any other fault… — Mark Twain
As Dr. Sigmund Freud has observed, it cannot even be said that the State has ever shown any disposition to suppress crime, but only to… — Albert J. Nock
Glad and merry and sweet is the blessed and lovely demeanour of our Lord towards our souls, for he saw us always living in love-longing,… — Julian of Norwich
Developing a cheerful disposition can permit an atmosphere wherein one's spirit can be nurtured and encouraged to blossom and bear fruit. Being pessimistic and negative… — Barbara W. Winder
I don't flatter myself with much dependence upon the present disposition of the Eastern Indians, who are many ways liable to be drawn into a… — William Shirley
At any rate, girls are differently situated. Having no need of deep scientific knowledge, their education is confined more to the ordinary things of the… — William John Wills
To attempt to commit the Church to social and political programs may be a short cut . . to escape from the more difficult and… — J. H. Oldham
Men strengthen each other in their faults. Those who are alike associate together, repeat the things which all believe, defend and stimulate their common faults… — Henry Ward Beecher
In the early Buddhist view, then, a persons identity resides not in an enduring self but in his actions (karma)- that is in the choices… — Joanna Macy
Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make his spirit, his devotion, his affections, his desire, and… — John Eudes
I was fascinated that one could have such perceptual changes, and also that they went with a certain feeling of significance, an almost numinous feeling.… — Oliver Sacks
I shall attempt to prove two things: first, that the actions and dispositions of mankind are the offspring of circumstances and events, and not of… — William Godwin
A sunny disposition is worth more than fortune. — Andrew Carnegie
Perhaps myself the first, at some expense of popularity, to unfold the true character of Jefferson, it is too late for me to become his… — Alexander Hamilton
I place economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as the greatest dangers to be feared... We must not let our… — Thomas Jefferson
Lay aside life-harming heaviness, And entertain a cheerful disposition. — William Shakespeare
There are seeds of happiness planted in every human soul. Our mental attitude and disposition constitute the environment in which these seeds may germinate. — David O. McKay
Be the light in the dark, be the calm in the storm and be at peace while at war. — Michael Dolan
It was certainly not by design that the particles fell into order, they did not work out what they were going to do, but because… — Lucretius

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