Quotes About Behavior

Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is.

you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry

Habit rules the unreflecting herd.

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.

Vices are their own punishment

To be a virtuous person is to display, by acts of will, all or at least most of the six ubiquitous virtues: wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence.

Acquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group then to hell with them.

It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub!

As a calf follows its mother among a thousand cows, so the (good or bad) deeds of a man follow him.

Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature can not be changed

Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.

Wisdom teaches us to do, as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a colour.

Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.

I've never seen anyone rehabilitated by punishment.

Empathy makes you more aware of other people's suffering, but it's not clear it actually motivates you to take moral action or prevents you from taking immoral action.

Politeness is not always a sign of wisdom; but the want of it always leaves room for a suspicion of folly, if folly and imprudence are the same.

The rise of Islam offers perhaps the most impressive example in world history of the power of words to alter human behavior in sudden, surprising ways.

Perfect humility dispenses with modesty.

I do find life difficult at times … and I behave childishly too, do foolish things, unworthy … I don't think one can have great imagination and great wisdom. Can one?

Great wisdom not applied to action and behavior is meaningless data.

Duty has a trick of behaving unexpectedly -- something like a heavy friend whom we have amiably asked to visit us, and who breaks his leg within our gates.

Your mothers get mighty shocked at you girls nowadays, but in her day, her mother was just on the verge of sending her to reform school.

Everything is infectious in this world, good or bad.

If you really want to judge of the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Every fool may become a hero at one time or another. Watch a man do his most common actions; those are indeed the things which will tell you the real character of a great man.