Disposition Quotes

376 Disposition quotes by 264 unique authors

Art is the human disposition of sensible or intelligible matter for an esthetic end. — Milan Kundera
Want compassion is not to be numbered among the general faults of mankind. The black ingredient which fouls our disposition is envy. Hence our eyes,… — Henry Fielding
If I determine the enemy's disposition of forces while I have no perceptible form, I can concentrate my forces while the enemy is fragmented. The… — Sun Tzu
In making tactical dispositions, the highest pitch you can attain is to conceal them. — Sun Tzu
Order or disorder depends on organisation; courage or cowardice on circumstances; strength or weakness on dispositions. — Sun Tzu
These fellow-mortals, every one, must be accepted as they are: you can neither straighten their noses, nor brighten their wit, nor rectify their dispositions; and… — George Eliot
For what is Mysticism? It is not the attempt to draw near to God, not by rites or ceremonies, but by inward disposition? Is it… — Florence Nightingale
An affectionate disposition not only makes the mind more peaceful and calm, but it affects our body in a positive way too. — Dalai Lama
As riches increase and accumulate in few hands, as luxury prevails in society, virtue will be in a greater degree considered as only a graceful… — Alexander Hamilton
Man's value before God is estimated by the dispositions of his heart, its uprightness, its good will, its charity, and not by keenness of intellect… — Anne Catherine Emmerich
We need only view a Dissection of that large Mass, the Brain, to have ground to bewail our Ignorance...We admire...the Fibres of every Muscle, and… — Nicolas Steno
I longed that those who, I have reason to think, owe me ill will, might be eternally happy. It seemed refreshing to think of meeting… — David Brainerd
It is a dear and lovely disposition, and a most valuable one, that can brush away indignities and discourtesies and seek and find the pleasanter… — Mark Twain
Among the believers who show most perfect faith are those who have best disposition and are kindest to their families. — Muhammad ibn Isa at-Tirmidhi
Consider the generosity of our Savior: what He acquired by dying becomes ours by eating. As often as we receive this Sacrament with proper dispositions,… — Louis of Granada
Liberals believe government should take people's earnings to give to poor people. Conservatives disagree. They think government should confiscate people's earnings and give them to… — Walter E. Williams
There are still many unsolved problems about bird life, among which are the age that birds attain, the exact time at which some birds acquire… — Paul Bartsch
Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of fear of falling… — Aristotle
Never suppose that in any possible situation or under any circumstances that it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing however slightly so… — Thomas Jefferson
LOGANIMITY, n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge. — Ambrose Bierce
By nature, I suppose I have a languorous disposition — Marilyn Monroe
You will be astonished to find how the whole mental disposition of your children changes with advancing years. A young child and the same when… — Charles Darwin
If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material and intellectual advancement… — Mark Twain
Hiding order beneath the cloak of disorder is simply a question of subdivision; concealing courage under a show of timidity presupposes a fund of latent… — Sun Tzu
So virtue is a purposive disposition, lying in a mean that is relative to us and determined by a rational principle, and by that which… — Aristotle

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