Quotes About Behavior

I do not believe you can threaten people into goodness." - Jem Carstairs

Come in. And try not to murder any of my guests.

You could know a man not by what his friends said about him, but by how he treated his servants.

How many times have I told you, Magnus? Behave professionaly in a professional setting. Which means no being rude to Nephilim, and also no getting attached to Nephilim." "I never get attached to Nephilim!" Magnus protested. Ragnor coughed, and in the midst of the cough said something that sounded like "blerondale." "Well," said Magnus. "Hardly ever.

Tell me, is he always really rude, or does he save that for mundanes?

He looked like the sort of boy who'd come over to your house to pick you up for a date and be polite to your parents and nice to your pets. Jace, on the other hand, looked like the sort of boy who'd come over to your house and burn it down for kicks.

I do not believe you can threaten people into goodness.

She warned me about Mr. Herondale, though, said he'd likely be rude to me, and familiar. She said I could be rude right back, that nobody would mind." "Someone ought to be rude to him. He's rude enough to everyone else.

Some are just born bad, and that's all there is to it.

Moreover, I wish to assure you both that I did not make any amorous advances on female monkeys.

If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.

We are like guests on this Earth, either we get to be nice or we get to be bad

Have you no shame?" His answer was a slow grin.

Waters: And mind your p's and q's. Robert: I know my p's and q's, and the whole alphabet for that matter. you've got no need to tell me how to act, mister.

When we react to situations, we always choose what feels best for us emotionally.

I could not but wonder at the queen's unprecedented civility, until I realized with a flush of shame that it was my own improved behavior that motivated hers. So it is that we in life determine our own treatment.

A princess," (Queen Sophia) would proclaim, "requires a graceful and willowy carriage, not the appetite of a swineherd.

Whatever role we are loved for in our family, we will continue to enact it, despite the toll it takes.

The definition of insanity is doing something over and over again and expecting different results.

emphasized that anger is a signal that someone wants to be treated differently, which is healthy; cruelty is when someone deliberately wants to hurt someone

anger has a bad reputation. It's a negotiation device that helps us stand up for ourselves, to say, in effect, "Get off my turf; you're stomping on my sense of self. Stop crossing into my backyard." Then it's up to the other person to deal with your anger—to decide whether it's a legitimate problem that requires a change in his or her behaviour.

the goal is to bring unconscious material forward into the conscious mind so that patients no longer act on their powerful but unconscious needs.

perfectionism didn't foster a healthy work ethic; instead, it promoted workaholic behaviour. And workaholism is another compulsion—you work because you feel anxious when you're not working.

You know, anger has a bad rap," I ventured. "Anger is the fuel you use to drive up feelings of hurt and pain from your unconscious. It's how people tell others that they're displeased with their behaviour.