Quotes About Behavior

When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor their baseness. There are no limits in either direction apparently.

If you know how a man deals with his money, how he gets it, spends it, keeps it, shares it, you know one of the most important things about him.

Politeness does not always inspire goodness, equity, complaisance, and gratitude; it gives at least the appearance of these qualities, and makes man appear outwardly, as he should be within.

Nothing is less forgiven than setting Patterns Men have no mind to follow.

It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossi?ble that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man.

Nothing tells more about the character of a man than the things he makes fun of.

There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with deaf ears, He acts as though the others were his peers.

Men are much more apt to agree in what they do than in what they think.

One principal object of good-breeding is to suit our behaviour to the three several degrees of men, our superiors, our equals, and those below us.

Most men had rather say a smart thing than do a good one. John P. Kotter, Leading Change.

In all unmerciful actions, the worst of men pay this compliment at least to humanity, as to endeavour to wear as much of the appearance of it, as the case will well let them.

Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most.

A smile from an attractive woman at a bar very rarely ends up in any sort of sexual encounter. But a man is a fool not to push the suggestion as far as it will go, and he's that man.

A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.

What proposition is there respecting human nature which is absolutely and universally true? We know of only one,--and that is not only true, but identical,--that men always act from self-interest.

Courtesy is the due of man to man; not of suit-of-clothes to suit-of-clothes.

I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it.

In the animal world no creature born to be a dove turns into a scavenger. This happens only among men.

There are 25 differences in the way women and men behave in the workplace. These 25 differences lead to men receiving higher pay and women having better lives or at least more balanced lives.

How use doth breed a habit in a man.

There are many women who have never intrigued, and many men who have never gamed; but those who have done either but once are very extraordinary animals.

When a person does something, it has the man or woman look about it. It drips with humanity. You can follow the logic of it and see the meaning behind it.

I think our police are excellent, probably because I have not done anything that has occasioned being beaten up by these good men.

If a man be under the influence of anger his conduct will not be correct.