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The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances

Quote by Martha Washington about happiness, circumstances

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.

Quote by John Adams about heart, man

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.

Quote by Aristotel about common sense, affair, use, man

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.

Quote by Aristotel about politics, virtue, character, moral

The disposition of a fleet, while proceeding on a voyage, will in some measure depend on particular circumstances; as the difficulty of the navigation; the necessity of dispatch, according to the urgency or importance of the expedition: or the...

Quote by William Falconer about expectation, difficulties, circumstances, measure, enemies

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 fruitless efforts.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about waste, knowledge, happiness, nature, human imperfections, life

Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.

Quote by Cesare Pavese about power