Quotes About Behavior

The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.

Culture is roughly anything we do and the monkeys don't.

Be good or don't get caught.

These days, however, gentlemanly status seems to be more a question of appearance than conduct.

because as neuroscience will tell you, what fires together, wires together.

Shockingly tactless," Lady Warford said. "Unfortunately, Longmore can be tactless quite fluently in several languages

He was a man. Men always had lewd thoughts. It was perfectly natural and normal

Manners, boy. I'll beat them into you if I have to.

it's our honesty with ourselves that helps us make sense of our lives with all of their nuances and complexity. Repress those thoughts, and you'll likely behave "badly." Acknowledge them, and you'll grow.

So many of our destructive behaviors take root in an emotional void, an emptiness that calls out for something to fill it.

People don't have to tell you their stories with words because they always act them out for you.

Displacement (shifting a feeling toward one person onto a safer alternative) is considered a neurotic defense, neither primitive nor mature.

our biggest problem is that we don't know what our problem is. We keep stepping in the same puddle. Why do I do the very thing that will guarantee my own unhappiness over and over again?

Therapists talk a lot about how the past informs the present—how our histories affect the ways we think, feel, and behave and how at some point in our lives, we have to let go of the fantasy of creating a better past. If we don't accept the notion that there's no redo, much as we try to get our parents or siblings or partners to fix what happened years ago, our pasts will keep us stuck.

Familiarity, not survival, is the strongest drive in human beings.

figure that, having grown up watching me doing any number of things she considered humiliating when I was in a good mood, she was so terrified when I was in an angry one that the prospect was unthinkable to her.

Why do men think they can get away with it? Because they're men.

I can see why you'd be confused, seeing as you've acted like a complete ass.

Maybe she could just move to Iceland. Iceland might be far enough to escape the humiliation, but probably not. Dammit. She'd kissed a perfect stranger, just accosted him on her doorstep. And… now her heart hurt. Maybe an impending heart attack would explain her behavior.

Studies say that a woman can increase the likelihood of a man approaching her if she uncrosses her arms, makes subtle eye contact, and smiles

what we believe affects how we behave—and how we behave dictates our reality.

For example, you may not think that acting irrationally would age you faster—but it could. Many studies have shown that the higher your emotional intelligence—your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself (and others) and to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships—the more likely you are to make better decisions, manage anxiety,1 and be more resilient to stress,2 all of which can help you age well.

Finally, there's the often disregarded but equally important psychological age. Age can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. What you believe affects your behavior, and how you behave affects your reality.

Me and polite have never been on close terms.