Quotes About Behavior

On paper, being good sounds great but a lot depends on the atmosphere of the workplace or community we live in. We tend to become good or bad depending on the cues sent out within a particular space.

The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.

I'm a good person," I said, "because I know what good people are supposed to act like, and I copy them.

Morality has nothing to do with sports. Bad people can be good at sports and good people can be bad at sports.

I am a good man and I behave well on an everyday basis. It was not a decision of waking up one day and saying "I will be a good person today, problem solved", no, it has to be an everyday thing.

Good manners are not bred in moments, but in years.

Who and what we surround ourselves with is who and what we become. In the midst of good people, it is easy to be good. in the midst of bad people, it is easy to be bad.

It doesn't matter how many A-levels you have, what kind of a degree you have, if you have good manners people will like you.

Good manners are very important, particularly in the morning.

That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.

Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.

Good manners protect the privileged, but leave the unprivileged more vulnerable.

So many people say, "I'm a good person!" Like, why are you a good person? To be a good person you have to actively be good.

The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.

Good manners are a part of good morals.

It is good manners, not rank, wealth, or beauty, that constitute the real lay.

Every man depends on the quantity of sense, wit, or good manners he brings into society for the reception he meets with in it.

The professionals must set a good example.

People who can be very good can be very bad too.

Sentiment is a disgrace, instead of an ornament, unless it lead us to good actions.

Good habits were the easiest ones to break.

Is it truly being good if the only reason I behave well is so I can get more loot at Christmas? I mean, really, all I'm doing is saying I can be bribed.

I'm not very good in a classroom sort of setting. I never was. I was kind of a clown in high school - got suspended a lot.

Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.