Quotes About Behavior

People are what they do, not what they say, not what they think, not what they pretend to be.

I had learned long ago that resolution by itself is not enough; we are what we do, not what we think and feel.

IN MY OPINION, one of the great follies in the world is to put yourself inside the head of dysfunctional people. The mistake we usually make is to assume there is a rationale for their behavior. In most cases, there is none.

When a drunk gets eighty-sixed out of a bar, he's not supposed to buy drinks for the people still inside.

resolution by itself is not enough; we are what we do, not what we think and feel.

The advantage of having a little knowledge about the classical world is that few other people do. The second advantage is your awareness that every problem facing us today has already occurred many times previously, and the behavior of the players is always predictable and the consequences are always the same.

degree of civility I normally possess," he said. "What'd she say?

PEOPLE ARE WHAT they do, not what they think, not what they say.

Unless you are familiar with the nature of Southern white trash, you will not understand the following: They are a genetically produced breed whose commonality is a state of mind and not related to the social class to which they belong. Economics has nothing to do with their origins or their behavior. You cannot change them. They glory in violence and cruelty and brag on their ignorance, and would have no problem manning the ovens at Auschwitz. That's not hyperbole.

Titles are granted, but it's your behavior that earns you respect.

If you want others to believe in something and behave according to those beliefs, you have to set the example by being personally involved. You have to practice what you preach.

that power is first of all a relationship and not merely an entity to be passed around like a baton or hand grenade; that it involves the intention or purpose of both power holder and power recipient; and hence that it is collective, not merely the behavior of one person.

So he drinks and grows plants and goes to church," Potts said. "So far, he sounds Catholic.

was, after all, like most men: a moron.

He buried money in distant hotel rooms, carried tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, around in a suitcase; he kept wads of cashier's checks in his wallet. He always had a back door, a quick exit, a way of getting out, because behind the boarded-up windows of his life, the Godfather's fear of having nothing was overwhelming in its ability to swallow him whole and send him into a series of wild behaviors.

Before you can achieve the kind of life you want, you must think, act, talk, and conduct yourself in all of your affairs as would the person you wish to become.

Once I was seated, I couldn't help people-watching. I'll admit it, I'm an addict from way back.

I remembered something my first partner had told me. Never wrestle with a pig, Lindsay. You both get dirty. The pig likes it.

Don't drive like you own the road; drive like you own the car.

Normal behavior, therefore, is when we collectively believe that the circumstances justify the behavior. Likewise, abnormal behavior is when we don't.

Can we ever really judge behavior by the behavior itself? Lesson learned. Most often, we can't.

School are plastered with all sorts of NO BULLYING posters. There's only one problem: Bullies, it turns out, don't read too much. I guess reading really isn't a job requirement

To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." - Theodore Roosevelt.

He was already a sociopath, and he was just out of kinder-garten. I didn't think much of it at the time. It was the family way.