Quotes About Behavior

Our behavior may be the most critical factor used by others in their decision to "lend" trust to us, as our actions reflect our character. When we honor our commitments and do what we say we will do, others will be inclined to deposit their trust with us.

All human cultures, from hunter-gatherers to city slickers, share certain universals in the ways that we, as primates, interact with one another. This social destiny has a profound influence on the way that we relate to our dogs.

We humans are in such a strange position -we are still animals whose behavior reflects that of our ancestors, yet we are unique- unlike any other animal on earth. Our distinctiveness separates us and makes it easy to forget where we came from. Perhaps dogs help us remember the depth of our roots, reminding us -the animals at the other end of the leash- that we may be special, but we are not alone. No wonder we call them our best friends.

Suddenly, she employed those very English weapons: devious good manners and a rapid change of subject.

Faith isn't what you think, what you 'believe'. It's what you do.

He seems to be making you that way too - enough to tolerate people like him. And once you start tolerating them, you're going to end up being like them yourself.

If you wanted to be cheerful, or melancholic, or wistful, or thoughtful, or courteous, you simply had to act those things with every gesture.

you wanted to be cheerful, or melancholic, or wistful, or thoughtful, or courteous, you simply had to act those things with every gesture.

Her insan cinayet iÅŸleyebilir. Durumlara baÄŸl?, yap?yla hiç ilgisi yok. KiÅŸi s?n?ra kadar gelir bazen-barda?? ta??ran damlada, tamam. Kim olursa olsun. Ninen bile iÅŸler. Bilmez miyim?

and thought how embarrassing Mabel's girlish enthusiasms had become. To look 60 and behave as if you were 16 was a social tragedy.

It was not so much what Vicki did that night: it was what she said. It was not so much her behaviour: it was her vocabulary!

an animal rewarded for good behavior will learn much more rapidly and retain what it learns far more effectively than an animal punished for bad behavior.

Principle 1 - Don't criticize, condemn or complain.

who have the most influence over others and get them to model the behavior you want to promote.

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

All this takes time, but 'Good manners,' said Emerson, 'are made up of petty sacrifices.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.

La acción parece seguir al sentimiento, pero en realidad, acción y sentimiento van juntos y, regulando la acción, que se halla bajo el dominio directo de la voluntad, podemos regular indirectamente el sentimiento, que no lo está".

Suppose you had inherited the same body and temperament and mind that Al Capone had. Suppose you had had his environment and experiences. You would then be precisely what he was—and where he was. For it is those things— and only those things—that made him what he was. The only reason, for example, that you are not a rattlesnake is that your mother and father weren't rattlesnakes.

F. Skinner, the world-famous psychologist, proved through his experiments that an animal rewarded for good behavior will learn much more rapidly and retain what it learns far more effectively than an animal punished for bad behavior.

it is physically impossible to remain blue or depressed while you are acting out the symptoms of being radiantly happy!

6. Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress as becomingly as possible, talk low, act courteously, be liberal with praise, criticize not at all, nor find fault with anything and not try to regulate nor improve anyone. 7. Just for today I will try to live through this day only, not to tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do things for twelve hours that would appall me if I had to keep them up for a lifetime.

Once I did bad and that I heard ever, twice I did good, but that I heard never.

encouragement is a much more effective teaching device than punishment.