Quotes About Behavior

si sa sempre cosa passa per la testa a un cane. […] un cane può essere felice, triste, arrabbiato o concentrato.

First we form habits, then they form us.

Good habits are hard to form and easy to live with. Bad habits are easy to form and hard to live with. Pay attention. Be aware . If we don't consciously form good ones, we will unconsciously form bad ones.

Without the sense that individuals are responsible for their own actions, and that there are appropriate consequences to violating society's most basic values, the concepts of morality and right and wrong become meaningless. And then you have no society.

One of the primary ways horses communicate with us is through their behavior. Again, it is my belief horses don't distinguish between how they feel and how they act. So if they act a certain way, their actions are reflecting the way they feel. A horse's body then becomes a mirror for their emotions. So the body informs us of what is truly going on internally.

We are responsible for living in a way that shows others who we truly are and what we believe.

It takes just about the same amount of time to be a nice guy as it does to be a jerk.

It is a basic rule of life that if you reward bad behavior, you get more of it.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.

The mating rites of mantises are well known: a chemical produced in the head of the male insect says in effect, 'No, I don't go near her, you fool, she'll eat you alive.' At the same time a chemical in his abdomen says, 'Yes, by all means, now and forever yes.

Anger is a good example of a negative emotion whose benefits have been diminishing in evolution.

We have our body in mind because it helps govern behavior in all manner of situations that could threaten the integrity of the organism and compromise life.

My love for chaos, conspiracy and the dark side of human nature colors the behavior of my charges, most of whom are already living near the fringes of acceptable conduct.

My house is run, essentially, by an adopted, fully clawed cat with a mean nature.

I love the saying "Nobody likes a dirty old man or a clean little boy.

At the time of their deaths, three out of five Russian men, I am told, are found to have a blood-alcohol level exceeding what one needs to qualify for a DWI.

The intention to act violently is accompanied by strong feelings of physical distress.

There is the devastatingly simple, yet profound, moral dilemma, which underlies the book: is it better for a man to choose to be bad than to be conditioned to be good?

He ceases to be a wrongdoer. He ceases also to be a creature capable of moral choice.

Hay pecado supongo, pero el castigo fue del todo desproporcionado. Te han convertido en algo que ya no es una criatura humana. Ya no estás en condiciones de elegir. Estás obligado a tener una conducta que la sociedad considera aceptable, y eres una máquina que sólo puede hacer bien.

I knew there was never anyone to blame when people get into drugs. They're always responsible for their own behavior, and it's not the dealer, it's not the friend, it's not the bad influence, it's not the childhood.

The fact that my circumstances had changed drastically but my behavior hadn't was beginning to wear on me.