Quotes About Behavior

One of our most important defenses against satanic influence will be learning how to behave out of what we know is truth rather than what we feel. Satan's desire is to modify human behavior to accomplish his unholy purposes.

Authentic faith cannot help but act. If we really believe what the Word says about God and about us, our decisions and behaviors will reflect it. How we behave overwhelmingly flows from what we deeply believe.

When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom. Proverbs 11:2

I'm about to enroll you in a class with Miss Manners. You'd qualify for a scholarship." "I'll

Relief arises from consistency—from being the same person at the shopping mall as we are at Sunday worship.

You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their thoughts. Ephesians 4:17

If our stubborn minds would absorb that we are accepted by God because of Jesus Christ, our choices and subsequent behaviors would be profoundly affected.

Our daily lives demonstrate what we really believe about ourselves.

You can't live an obedient life and miss an adventure. Following the commands of Christ is not just about behavior. Behavior modification is not an end in itself in the New Testament. Transformation is about knowing the truth and the truth setting you free.

A lot of Democrats like to play the 'If we were Republicans' game. I usually hate it; I don't want to behave like the Republicans do.

The Internet does not have a reputation as being a particularly civilized place.

Sometimes, having a reputation can be the best thing because people expect you to be really difficult, perhaps a bit caustic, and hard work - and I'm none of those things.

It's a very lovely reputation to have - being a kind person. I try to live up to the fact that people think that about me.

I have a long-held reputation in the studio for being someone who definitely doesn't do professional PDAs.

One might argue that proper understanding of any social situation would require game-theoretic analysis.

Narcissism is the result of longstanding behavioral patterns that reflect fixed brain functioning. It requires a lot of motivation to change these patterns.

I align myself with almost all researchers in assuming that anything we do is a composite of whatever genetic limitations were given to us by our parents and whatever kinds of environmental opportunities are available.

Researchers have always tried to use psychology for predictive ends: Can what we already know about a person tell us how she will behave in a given situation? The results of these endeavors have been mixed.

Discipline is not always internalized and actually can breed resentment among children.

You can be an emotional, high-strung guy, and that might work for you. I think I can be reserved and quiet and play as well as the next guy.

It is with great disappointment that I call on Representative Anthony Weiner to resign. The behavior he has exhibited is indefensible and Representative Weiner's continued service in Congress is untenable.

When good people do bad things, it is sad, but when they reach the point where one can predict that they will do nothing but bad things, a deeper kind of sadness sets in, almost at the level of resignation.

I spent most of my days in school being a class clown. I never shut up. By the time I was in middle school, I had myself a personal aide.

If I kind of like a guy, then I'm a fantastic flirt. But with a guy I truly like, I get painfully shy.