Quotes About Behavior

Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners

A gentleman is a man who can play the accordion but doesn't.

Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.

Everything you do or say is public relations.

Feelings are real and legitimate; children behave and misbehave for a reason, even if adults cannot figure it out.

None of us are responsible for all the things that happen to us, but we are responsible for the way we act when they do happen.

One who thinks by the inch and talks by the mile should be kicked by the foot.

Teach children to be polite and courteous in the home, and, when he grows up, he will never be able to edge his car onto a freeway.

Thus if we know a child has had sufficient opportunity to observe and acquire a behavioral sequence, and we know he is physically capable of performing the act but does not do so, then it is reasonable to assume that it is motivation which is lacking. The appropriate countermeasure then involves increasing the subjective value of the desired act relative to any competing response tendencies he might have, rather than having the model senselessly repeat an already redundant sequence of behavior.

Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning. Everybody. You can't pass one person.

Ms. Connell sighs because wealth does not equate to good manners.

I am not interested in why man commits evil; I want to know why he does good.

ÄŒlovÄ›k by se mÄ›l chovat tak, jak si myslí, že by se mÄ›li chovat vÅ¡ichni.

The purpose of all of this (left hemisphere's way of choosing denial or repression over considering an anomaly) is to impose stability on behavior and to prevent vacillation because indecisiveness doesn't serve any purpose. Any decision, so long as it is probably correct, is better than no decision at all. A perpetually fickle general will never win a war.

A society gets the criminals it deserves.

Ethics is not definable, is not implementable, because it is not conscious; it involves not only our thinking, but also our feeling.

You're afraid of people's judgment…What do you care! People are like dogs; whenever anyone makes a wrong move they set up a holler. They bark and then they stop--and wait for someone else to go wrong.

It does seem ... a basic attitude of humankind, this irrational belief in the effectiveness of one's own actions.

It is not necessary to get into a fight with someone because you feel angry; aggressive behavior does not have to be a knee-jerk response to anger. By practicing mindfulness, people with BPD can learn to slow themselves down and have more control over how they will respond.

Erkekleri bertaraf edin, kad?nlar ÅŸekle girecektir. Kad?nlar düzeltilebilir; erkeklerse düzeltilemez, ancak davran??lar? düzeltilebilir. SCUM k?çlar?ndan dürtünce hale yola girerler.

Lo que uno piensa y escribe cuando está solo no puede decirse que sea la verdad. La verdad es lo que uno hace en realidad, la manera en que se comporta. Las obras, no las palabras, es lo que cuenta.

The Hidden Persuaders

It is dangerous to asume that people can be trusted to behave in a rational way (...) What the probers are looking for, of course, are the "whys" of our behavior, so that they can more effectively manipulate our habits and choices in their favor.

To every rule there is an exception—and an idiot ready to demonstrate it. Don't be the one!