Quotes About Behavior

Everyone experiences bouts of jealousy; but the dignified person conceals it, while the vulgar one acts upon it

The only causes of regret are laziness, outbursts of temper, hurting others, prejudice, jealousy, and envy.

Gossip bespeaks either a vacant mind or one that entertains jealousy or envy.

There is not a single soul that jealousy looks good on. Nobody! It looks ugly on everybody and it makes us act ugly - it makes us act out of character.

Jealousy endlessly eats through my mind, and jealously endlessly makes me be unkind.

I actually think that the most efficacious way of making a difference is to lead by example, and doing random acts of kindness is setting a very good example of how to behave in the world.

When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.

If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.

It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.

Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy-they're given after all. Choices can be hard.

We carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness.

Women are so strange in their influence that they tempt you to misplaced kindness.

Actions determine what kind of characteristics are developed.

It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by harshness, not by kindness.

Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.

Those who return evil for good should not expect the kindness of others to last long.

The best way to quiet a country is a good thrashing, followed by great kindness afterwards. Even the wildest chaps are thus tamed.

You can't assume that kindness is an inherited trait. It is learned behavior.

Grace doesn't lead us into destructive behavior. Sin does. And grace is the only remedy for sin. The kindness of God leads to repentance.

It's probably even the case that if you stoked up some Buddhist monks with tons of testosterone, they'd become wildly competitive as to who can do the most acts of random kindness.

One difference between savagery and civilization is a little courtesy. There's no telling what a lot of courtesy would do.

It's much easier to be cruel than one might think.

A churlish courtesy rarely comes but either for gain or falsehood.

We should only affect compassion, and carefully avoid having any.