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Quotes About Behavior

I was uncomfortable with smoking too much because a lot of young kids watch and I didn't want to make that cool.
~ James Marsters
In the society of ladies, want of sense is not so unpardonable as want of manners.
~ Johann Kaspar Lavater
If we consistently act on the optimistic hypothesis, this hypothesis will tend to be realised; whilst by acting on the pessimistic hypothesis we can keep ourselves for ever in the pit of want.
~ John Maynard Keynes
Cats hate a closed door, you know, regardless of which side they're on. If they're out, they want to get in, and if they're in, they want to get out.
~ Lilian Jackson Braun
Reinforce what you want to see repeated.What gets rewarded gets done.
~ Brian Tracy
Do whatever you want because that's not what you are. That's what you do for the moment.
~ Malachy McCourt
I want to be happy; why do I do things that make me unhappy?
~ Paul Schrader
If people want some guidance, I say, just look at what people really do. Don't listen to them that much.
~ Bill Mollison
Only praise behavior that you want to be repeated. Never use false praise.
~ Dean Smith
You can never make someone punctual who is not, or quick who is slow, or lively who wants to plod on carefully. I have learnt that every fault is an exaggerated quality, nothing else.
~ Elisabeth of Wied
Being poor is like being a child. Being rich is like being an adult: you get to do whatever you want. Everyone is nice when they have to be; rich people are nice when they feel like it.
~ Fran Lebowitz
Love and do what you want. If you stop talking, you will stop talking with love; if you shout, you will shout with love; if you correct, you will correct with love.
~ Saint Augustine
I think actions speak louder than words. You can do all the hyping you want. It doesn't mean anything.
~ Arnold Schwarzenegger
We're attracted to bad guys, and we like to follow bad guys, because they do things that we want to do but just don't do, for whatever reasons.
~ Geoffrey Gray
Authentic femininity is a combination of class, tenderness and virtue. When a woman possesses these traits, a man will naturally want to be more of a gentleman around her.
~ Jason Evert
God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.
~ Joni Eareckson Tada
I've discovered that when we take time to renew our minds with God's Word, we learn how to think like God thinks, say what God says, and act like He wants us to act.
~ Joyce Meyer
I hate if a man says anything laddy. 'You're sexy' or whatever. I just want someone to be friendly and a little bit flirty.
~ Kimberley Garner
Alcohol has never caused anyone to do something they didn't want to do. It only enables them to do what they've always wanted but have instead repressed.
~ Neil Strauss
There is a kind of laughter people laugh at public events, as if a joke were a charity auction and they want to be seen to be bidding.
~ William McIlvanney
I want you to know, at this very moment, I am simulating normal human behavior.
~ Craig Newmark
I'm a firm believer in God and I don't think he'd want me acting a certain way.
~ Dwyane Wade
We have a tendency to always test people's love. 'I want to see how badly I have to behave before you'll leave me. Because I don't really think you want me anyhow.'
~ Iyanla Vanzant
Clarity precedes mastery and the more clear you can get on what you want to create in life, the more focused you will be in your daily behaviors.
~ Robin Sharma