Disposition Quotes

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It must be therefore, since the enemies of the Jews belonged to the most diverse races, since they lived in countries very distant from each… — Bernard Lazare
Of all of men's inborn dispositions there is none more heroic than love. Love will fight no-love every inch of the way. — Laurens van der Post
Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest degree of their friendly disposition towards our government, and their… — William Henry Ashley
A person may be Baptized, and yet not born again to grace, in consequence of not having the necessary dispositions at Baptism. — Alphonsus Liguori
...I never heard him abuse an enemy. Some of the cruel things said about President Lincoln, particularly in the North, used to pierce him to… — Ulysses S. Grant
The best part of health is fine disposition — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is an unfortunate disposition in a man to attend much more to the faults of his companions which offend him, than to their perfections… — Sir Fulke Greville
Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust. Envy of others comes from comparing… — Diogenes
A spirit of criticism, if indulged in, leads to a censoriousness of disposition that is destructive of all nobler feeling. The man who lives to… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A disposition to dwell on the bright side...is like gold to its possessor... — Lydia Sigourney
For the spiritual efficacy of the Sacrament doth not depend upon the nature of the thing received, supposing we received what our Lord appointed, and… — John Tillotson
One constant among the elements of 1914â€”as of any eraâ€”was the disposition of everyone on all sides not to prepare for the harder alternative, not… — Barbara Tuchman
The technical is not just the machinery. The technical is a disposition to life. — Leon Kass
If my ruling disposition is self-interest, I perceive that everything that happens to me is always for or against my self-interest; if, on the other… — Oswald Chambers
Every man cannot have his way in all things. If his opinion prevails at some times, he should acquiesce on seeing that of others preponderate… — Thomas Jefferson
In the end, what would you gain from everlasting remembrance? Absolutely nothing. So what is left worth living for? This alone: justice in thought, goodness… — Marcus Aurelius
The individual disposition is already a factor in childhood; it is innate, and not acquired in the course of a life. — Carl Jung
The moment one abandons the idea that he was born to discover what is right and enforce it upon the rest of the world, he… — Benjamin Tucker
Happiness is an endowment and not an acquisition. It depends more upon temperament and disposition than environment. — John James Ingalls
It is my disposition to maintain peace until its condition shall be made less tolerable than that of war itself. — Thomas Jefferson

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