Quotes About Behavior

What we do with the things we have makes the biggest difference in the quality of life

All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits.

We live not according to reason, but according to fashion.

The civilizing process has increased the distance between behavior and the impulse life of the animal body.

It's not what we do once in a while that counts, but our habitual actions. What ultimately determines who we become and where we go in life are our decisions. These decisions shape our destiny.

As a peaceful warrior, I would choose when, where and how I would behave. With that commitment, I began to live the life of a warrior.

Your habits will determine your quality of life.

They belonged to that vast group of human automata who go through life without neglecting to perform a single one of the gestures executed by the surrounding puppets.

The best way to insure you achieve the greatest satisfaction out of life is to behave intentionally.

Unfortunately, a lot of people are stupid. They take drugs. They get drunk and do all the wrong things in life. I just played it straight.

To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits.

If it was necessary to tolerate in other people everything that one permits oneself, life would be unbearable.

Evading responsibility can lead to a life long pattern of criminal behavior.

Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances.

If you're acting, then there's a prescribed way to behave; whereas in life there's no prescribed way. So acting feels like a comfortable way to get through the day.

Habits are malleable throughout your entire life.

The real test of compassion is not what we say in abstract discussions but how we conduct ourselves in daily life.

People fascinate me. Consciously or unconsciously, I have been studying their behavior all my life.

We are what we repeatedly do.

What you think determines your outlook on life. What you do determines your destiny.

The cat seldom interferes with other people's rights. His intelligence keeps him from doing many of the fool things that complicate life.

I feel like I've been able to live a dream life, but my view of things is absolutely inside behavior about how I behave and how I count on other people behaving.

As a parent, do the right thing and you don't get in trouble. If you lead a charmed life, you better act like it.

Good manners are the settled medium of social, as specie is of commercial, life; returns are equally expected for both.