Disposition Quotes

There are certain times when most people are in a disposition of being informed, and 'tis incredible what a vast good a little truth might do, spoken in such seasons.

The most necessary disposition to relish pleasures is to know how to be without them.

Better it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.

There's a disposition great defenders have - a genuine pride that scores are a problem, people that score on me is a problem

I tend to think that immortal souls, invisible sky daddies, and Santa Claus all belong in the same basket. The disposition of that basket is left as an exercise for the reader.

My disposition as a human being is kind of a go-along-to-get-along person. I tend to trust authority.

I think there's something about a writer's disposition, that is, even if unaware, always slightly in a witness state.

In choosing a companion, it is necessary to study the disposition, the inheritance, and training of the one with whom you are contemplating making life’s journey.

The establishment of our new lawful immigration system then and only then will we be in a position to consider the appropriate disposition of those individuals who remain.

The most favourable laws can do very little towards the happiness of people when the disposition of the ruling power is adverse to them.

The vain, inconstant, rebellious disposition of the people [of Armorica], was incompatible either with freedom or servitude.

There is a natural disposition with us to judge an author's personal character by the character of his works. We find it difficult to understand the common antithesis of a good writer and a bad man.

I am not sure just what the unpardonable sin is, but I believe it is a disposition to evade the payment of small bills.

When one is a child, the disposition of objects, tables and chairs and doors, seems part of the natural order: a house-move lets in chaos - as it does for a dog.

The essence of good and evil is a certain disposition of the will.

A horse, if he happens to have a contemptuous disposition, can sneer very effectively.

The natures and dispositions of men are, not without truth, distinguished from the predominance of the planets.

That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.

True wealth is not a static thing. It is a living thing made out of the disposition of men to create and distribute the good things of life with rising standards of living.

Heroism--that is the disposition of a man who aspires to a goal compared to which he himself is wholly insignificant. Heroism is the good will to self-destruction.

Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee will repay thee.

Of what use the friendliest disposition even, if there are no hours given to Friendship, if it is forever postponed to unimportant duties and relations? Friendship first, Friendship last.

What is the disposition which makes men rejoice in good bargains? There are few people who will not be benefited by pondering over the morals of shopping.

I know that even the meanest person has still at his disposition high-sounding words wherewith to mask his real character.

It is worth thought what kind of mind or condition or disposition is open to flattery; for poison would not be spread if the rats ate it not.

I never could be so happy as you. Till I have your disposition, your goodness, I never can have your happiness.

To take a dislike to a young man, only because he appeared to be of a different disposition from himself, was unworthy the real liberality of mind

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.

There is hinkiness afoot with regard to my, ah, disposition.

It is a sign of a perverse and treacherous disposition to wound the good name of another, when he has no opportunity of defending himself.

Communication is a process of sharing experience till it becomes a common possession. It modifies the disposition of both the parties who partake in it.

The school has the function of coordinating within the disposition of each individual the diverse influences of the various social environments into which he enters.

Since a democratic society repudiates the principle of external authority, it must find a substitute in voluntary disposition and interest; these can be created only by education.

Situationism is a ludicrous proposition. It's ill-formed and it's perfectly French. That Gallic disposition towards common sense. L'Anarchie!

By temperament and disposition and emotions, I'm a liberal; but in my beliefs about what's best for the country, I'm a centrist.

A good disposition is more valuable than gold, for the latter is the gift of fortune, but the former is the dower of nature.

For me especially, I always have a very cheery disposition and that's how I've always come off. So I forget that doesn't really allow me to have a bad mood.

One can be ugly in looks, but lovely in disposition.

a weak and irresolute disposition is often more destructive than determined vice.

To write anything tolerable, the mind must be in a natural, proper disposition; provocatives, in that case, as well as in another,will only produce miserable, abortive performances.

A disposition to dwell on the bright side...is like gold to its possessor.

A good disposition is invincible, if it be genuine.

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 features of an experience.

I have this wholesome disposition in a lot of my characters. A certain earnestness.

I'm not even sure if empathy is an act, it could be a disposition.

Never have I experienced a serenity and sweetness of disposition as with my Chocolate Lab.

Mr. Vandemar showed them his teeth, demonstrating his sunny and delightful disposition. It was unquestionably the most horrible thing Richard had ever seen.

A readiness to excuse some faults, shows a disposition to commit others.

Jane had that happy disposition which would like to imagine that every one really wishes the well-being of his neighbour and struggles, though sometimes rather disastrously, to help him towards it.

An insult is either sustained or destroyed, not by the disposition of those who insult, but by the disposition of those who bear it.