Disposition Quotes

376 Disposition quotes by 264 unique authors

Leadership has less to do with position than it does with disposition. — John C. Maxwell
Abortion is a moral right-which should be left to the sole discretion of the woman involved; morally, nothing other than her wish in the matter… — Ayn Rand
The essence of good and evil is a certain disposition of the will. — Epictetus
Whoever is to acquire a competent knowledge of medicine, ought to be possessed of the following advantages: a natural disposition; instructionl a favorable place for… — Hippocrates
A practice that is suitable for one person is not necessarily suitable for someone else, and a practice that is appropriate for one person at… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
I am a man of vehement disposition, with violent enthusiasms, and extreme immoderation in all my passions. — Oliver Sacks
What are the moral convictions most fondly held by barbarous and semi-barbarous people? They are the convictions that authority is the soundest basis of belief;… — Thomas Huxley
The important outcomes of schooling include not only the acquisition of new conceptual tools, refined sensibilities, a developed imagination, and new routines and techniques, but… — Elliot W. Eisner
I will say that since our capture we have met with uniform kindness, and while in the penitentiary our relations with the officers have been… — Cole Younger
In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of… — Samuel George Morton
An action will not be right unless the will be right; for from thence is the action derived. Again, the will will not be right… — Seneca the Younger
The aster has not wasted spring and summer because it has not blossomed. It has been all the time preparing for what is to follow,… — Henry Ward Beecher
Ensure that both plan and dispositions are flexible, adaptable to circumstances. Your plan should foresee and provide for a next step in case of success… — B. H. Liddell Hart
The disposition to continue to learn throughout life is perhaps one of the most important contributions that schools can make to an individual's development. — Elliot W. Eisner
[F]alsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions. — Thomas Jefferson
More important than innate disposition, objective experience, and environment is the subjective evaluation of these. Furthermore, this evaluation stands in a certain, often strange, relation… — Alfred Adler
[T]he schools, through reliance upon the spur of competition and the bestowing of special honors and prizes, only build up and strengthen the disposition that… — John Dewey
Thus He whose tender mercies are over all His works hath placed a principle in the human mind, which incites to exercise goodness towards every… — John Woolman
Never have I experienced a serenity and sweetness of disposition as with my Chocolate Lab. — Mortimer Zuckerman
The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. Unrestrained political authority,… — James F. Cooper

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