Quotes About Behavior

If you can't manage courtesy, try silence.

Oh, I forgot to mention it: My brother is the kind of man whom women stalk. In cooperative packs.

Animals do not do what they have done. Animals kill to eat, to defend themselves or their own, and to protect their territory. Not for the joy of it. Not for the lust of it...Only humans do that, wizard.

It was a well-known fact that humans became more addled than usual when running in herds.

You know, it wouldn't kill you to be a little more polite." "Why take chances," I muttered

Intentions count for far less than the consequences of the actions born from them.

None of my issues have included memory loss or unconscious actions, she said. Thomas squinted back at her. If they had, how would you know it? Molly frowned. Valid point.

I remember very little of my father, but one thing I do remember is him telling me always to be polite. It costs you nothing but breath, and can buy you as much as your life.

You can tell a lot about a man from how he treats his dog

People are likely to do the most ridiculously illogical things for the most incomprehensible of reasons.

Harry. That's not how one talks to young ladies in the South.

It is how decent, civilized people behave, Captain Ransom. Though I suppose that to someone of your level of moral fortitude, it must seem remarkable.

Only so many blackhearted villains in the world, and they only get uppity on occasion. Stupid's everywhere, every day.

The belts do more than make you fuzzy, Denton. They change the way you think. The way you act.

Sometimes it scares me how easy it is to get people to do what you want them to do, if you know something about them.

When the bossy bit happens, our first response is a genuine extended smile at the child. This unexpected turn of events gives him or her time to think, to wonder what in the world is going on. Then we say something like "Nice try, Alicia. Nice try. What do you think happens in this family when people get really bossy? Does it help or not? But please don't answer that now. Just give it some thought." Then we walk off.

all of our investigative questioning, done when our kids might be telling the truth, may breed a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's been said that if we wrongly accuse our kids twice for the same thing, they'll set out to prove us right. You can almost hear them say with a sigh, "You think I do it anyway, so I might as well do it.

Generally, honesty is conveyed to our kids through our actions, not our commands. We need to step back and analyze the model we are presenting to our kids.

Pouting is another nonverbal sign of displeasure. Kids use it to beg their parents to talk to them.

Allow the consequences to do the teaching.

kids will throw tantrums only as long as they work. Kids never seem to scream and pound the floor when they're alone in their room, but the show goes on when they have a captive audience.

Eventually your little choices are going to become habits that affect the bigger decisions you make in life.

The way we talk and our behavior should reflect positively on God.

Christlikeness means to live and act as Christ lived and acted.