Synonyms for dispositions
dis·po·si·tions

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1. List of paraphrases for "dispositions":

   provisions, disposals, provision

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1. Martha Dandridge Custis Washington:

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

2. Barry Duncan:

   Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them.

3. John Adams:

   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.

4. Martha Washington:

   I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.

5. Von Humboldt:

   It is a proverbial expression that every man is the maker of his own fortune, and we usually regard it as implying that every man by his folly or wisdom prepares good or evil for himself. But we may view it in another light, namely, that we may so accommodate ourselves to the dispositions of Providence as to be happy in our lot, whatever may be its privations.