Quotes About Behavior

Because we tend to be nice to other people when they please us and nasty when they do not, we are statistically punished for being nice and rewarded for being nasty.

No undesirable behavior has ever been eliminated by passing a law against it.

Among the primates only humans are hunters, because among the primates only humans have the biological equipment to make hunting a mainstay of life—and that equipment is strictly intellectual.

Every year, without fail, we outlaw more things, catch more people doing them, and put more of them in jail. The outlawed behavior never goes away, because, directly or indirectly, it's supported by the strong, invisible, unrelenting force called vision. This explains why police officers are much more likely to take up crime than criminals are to take up law enforcement. It's called 'going with the flow.

With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us.

When women are depressed, they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country.

The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.

The most powerful leadership tool you have is your own personal example.

"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals."

"Did you ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you? But when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window."

"I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts."

"It is very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice had once made the remark) that, whatever you say to them they always purr."

"Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched."

"Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way."

"How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven."

It isn't what you do, but how you do it.

Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak.

Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Most of the images of reality on which we base our actions are really based on vicarious experience.

Our challenges don't define us, our actions do.

We are the sum of our actions, and therefore our habits make all the difference.

We make every effort to see that our actions live up to our words and be vigilant with regards to our behavior.

We may say we value this thing or that thing more than any other, but the volume of our actions speaks louder than our words.