Disposition Quotes

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to be pleased.

It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.

Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.

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

I think there's something to be said for developing the disposition to own stocks without fretting.

It is better to have some unhappiness while one is still young, for if a person does not experience some bitterness, his disposition will not settle down.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

I do think that I am generally optimistic.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

You just have to decide if you're a Tigger or an Eeyore.

Are you a Tigger or an Eeyore?

I'm kind of a more sunshiny person myself.

I'm an optimistic person.

You cannot be healthy; you cannot be happy; you cannot be prosperous; if you have a bad disposition.

If I am able to determine the enemy's dispositions while at the same time I conceal my own, then I can concentrate and he must divide.

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 into disrepute.

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 is the way the world seems to us.

The acquisition of riches has been to many not an end to their miseries, but a change in them: The fault is not in the riches, but the disposition.

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.

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

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

If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

It is the disposition of the thought that altered the nature of the thing.