Quotes About Behavior

In great matters, men behave as they are expected to; in little ones, as they would naturally

The true meaning of a term is to be found by observing what a man does with it, not by what he says about it.

There is no man suddenly either excellently good or extremely evil, but grows either as he holds himself up in virtue or lets himself slide to viciousness.

Modesty becomes a young man. [Lat., Adolescentem verecundum esse decet.]

It well becomes a young man to be modest.

Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults of individuals are in infecting the city at large.

... reform the environment and not man; being absolutely confident that if you give man the right environment, he will behave favorably.

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.

Men who listen to classical music tend not to spit.

Profane swearing never did any man any good. No man in the richer or wiser or happier for it.

The American does not drink at meals as a sensible man should. Indeed, he has no meals. He stuffs for ten minutes thrice a day.

Man is not committed in detail by his biological constitution to any particular variety of behavior.

Considering how bad men are, it is wonderful how well they behave.

Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good.

A man who insults the modesty of a woman, as good as tells her that he has seen something in her conduct that warranted his presumption.

Rakes are more suspicious than honest men.

Example is a motive of very prevailing force on the actions of men.

Great occasions rouse even the lowest of human beings to some kind of greatness, but he alone is the really great man whose character is great always, the same wherever he be.

Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.

You can't judge a man solely on his actions. Sometimes actions are nothing more than re actions.

Never slap a man who chews tobacco.

When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.

Really, trees are nearly as important as men, and much better behaved.

Virtuous and vicious every man must be, few in the extreme, but all in the degree.