Quotes About Behavior

man by nature is not a wild or unsocial creature, neither was he born so, but makes himself what he naturally is not, by vicious habit; and that again on the other side, he is civilized and grows gentle by a change of place, occupation, and manner of life, as beasts themselves that are wild by nature, become tame and tractable by housing and gentler usage...

Character is simply habit long continued.

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.

People can be very low for self-interest, Man can do many things for self-interest. Poet Md. Hedaetul Islam

At heart, we're all violent raging wolves, but in our actions we can be pacifists.

We can affect people around us so much with our moods. A depressed person can make a room gloomy and a sweet nature can cause the lion to lie down with the lamb.

Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate the subject matters.

The world sees in our conduct, in our behaviour, the proof that we are the real children of God.

The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread.

If there is one thing worse than the modern weakening of major morals it is the modern strengthening of minor morals

ninety-nine per cent of the human race, no matter how smart they are, will do the convenient thing instead of the wise thing, and kid themselves into thinking they can somehow escape the consequences.

Kau terpelajar, Minke, Seorang terpelajar harus juga belajar berlaku adil sudah sejak dalam pikiran, apalagi dalam perbuatan. Itulah memang arti terpelajar itu. . . .

Semua lelaki memang kucing berlagak kelinci. Sebagai kelinci dimakannya semua daun, sebagai kucing dimakannya semua daging.

Hanya orang dan binatang bodoh saja yang kena cambuk.

Ah, Gus, begini kodrat perempuan. Dia menderitakan sakit waktu melahirkan, menderita sakit lagi karena tingkahnya.

Don't behave in a funny manner. We must have Calcutta in India.

I can see that an insufficent, or perhaps even defective, socialization process has led you to believe that four-letter words add power to languauge

The ethics of excellence are grounded in action - what you actually do, rather than what you say you believe. Talk, as the saying goes, is cheap.

Sometimes he lashed out just to drive home a point. If he thought it would teach us a lesson, he'd blow some minor grievance out of all proportion, and even as he was yelling he might wink at someone nearby. Then, ten minutes later, he'd be fine, leaving us bewildered and emotionally depleted. There were also times he would leave us emotionally uplifted. He was truly a master at manipulating people.

Il est plus facile d'être brave en paroles qu'en actions.

Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched.

A big log is a shame to the fire, an evil person is a shame to the house.

A shameless person has no sense of shame at all.

Many people love to praise right and do wrong.