Quotes About Conduct

The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.

Every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character.

Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.

Virtue is its own reward.

Chaperons don't enforce morality; they force immorality to be discreet.

It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that; for it is true we may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.

Shape your behavior and think about on how to make a good impression to others.

Whatever you do is your deed.

Let thy true religion be to act right.

A good man is called a man by his works

According to Brother Lucien, such ill-considered conduct could easily cause an illness to go from bad to worse.

No matter how exasperated the circumstances become, officers must bear in mind they are representatives of our government and must conduct themselves in a worthy manner. To become impatient, sarcastic, hostile or personal in remarks is an admission of weakness and defeat and, needless to say, should never occur." In

Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.

Our conceptions of morality, as all our other ideas, pass through a course of development; the difficulty comes in adjusting our conduct, which has become hardened into customs and habits, to these changing moral conceptions. When this adjustment is not made, we suffer from the strain and indecision of believing one hypothesis and acting upon another.

Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

He never asked me what I thought, and I never told him what I thought, because in my view that's the way a journalist ought to behave. You ought not to be going around to people volunteering your feelings. That's daily journalism.

But her role had changed; she was now available for marriage and her primary task was to find a mate. As Florence and Hugh Bell's daughter, she was expected to make an excellent match. And if there wasn't one here, at least she would learn how to conduct herself for the chase.

The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.

even a child is known by his actions

Culture is action, not words.

The best cultures derive from actions people actually take, not the ones they write about in a mission statement.

and his religion no longer had any authority … other than as an organizer of his daily life and conduct as a filing system for his perceptions. From The Waterworks.