Disposition Quotes

376 Disposition quotes by 264 unique authors

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
The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture. — Sigmund Freud
But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous. — Edward Gibbon
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in… — Samuel Johnson
Situationism is a ludicrous proposition. It's ill-formed and it's perfectly French. That Gallic disposition towards common sense. L'Anarchie! — John Lydon
Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. — Katherine Mansfield
The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition. — Friedrich Nietzsche
My father was so good-natured and had such a happy disposition. I've always confused him with Jimmy Stewart. So, think Jimmy Stewart. That's my dad. — Jane Pauley
Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce. — Cesare Pavese
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker. — Plutarch
Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures. — Samuel Richardson

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