Quotes About Behavior

Our ideal self is revealed in what we value (passion), how we understand the world (belief), and what we do to reach our ideal (behavior). Our passion, belief, and behavior fit together so intimately that I can say this with confidence: • What we do is what we really value.

People should be judged by their actions, not their beliefs. Actions speak louder than faith.

Action is what separates a belief from an opinion. Beliefs are imprinted through actions.

We overpay for the opportunity to indulge our current preferences because we overestimate their stability.

I'll whip you kids into shape." "Is that legal?" I asked.

Cats will knead their paws to show they are happy; they will purr too. If a cat is pleased to see someone, it will pull its tail up vertically; however, if a cat is wagging its tail, unlike a dog, it means that it is angry!

These distressed boys were also more likely to act aggressively toward the baby—telling it to "shut up," for instance. Boys whose heart rate showed a lower stress level were more likely to comfort the infant.

Newborn boys, on average, are actually more emotionally reactive than girls. For example, studies show that baby boys cry more than baby girls when they are frustrated or upset.

On the one hand, we expect them to do things they're developmentally not ready to do, and to be tough 'little men' when they're really just little boys who need goodbye hugs and affection. On the other hand, when they behave in cruel and thoughtless ways, we say, 'Oh, boys will be boys.' We let them off the hook over issues of respect and consideration for others.

DISC is based on concepts created in 1928 by a psychologist named William Marston, who also created the comic book character Wonder Woman. That tells you pretty much all you ned to know about DISC.

Someone like me, with a D personality, is probably going to have trouble working with a C personality, because my personality type tends to be impatient, overbearing, and judgmental, and C personalities tend to be lazy nitwits.

After fifty-five years of dedicating his life and work to the story of ethical systems, Sol Weintraub had come to a single, unshakable conclusion: any allegiance to a deity or concept or universal principal which put obedience above decent behavior toward an innocent human being was evil.

For those who wondered how an incarnated God would behave as a child, Smith added three verses explaining that "Jesus … served under his father, and he spake not as other men, neither could he be taught; for he needed not that any man should teach him.

It's not a woman's fault if a man decides to behave like an ass.

He tsked. "No tits, no manners." He shook his head. "You should try to have at least one or the other. A pair of great tits covers a multitude of sins.

You can't just walk up to a stand of unsuspecting oaks and start touching. They'd think you're getting fresh with them.

How come you're always so mean? --Howie Katelnikof

Anger has a way of seeping into every other emotion and planting itself in there.

Your behavior warrants a treatment all its own, and if you don't stop your damned struggling, I can assure you you're going to get it.

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The solution is to ignore the bad habit and put your energy toward building a new habit that will override the old one.

In other words, a small thank-you caused people to behave far more generously to a completely different person. This is because thank-yous aren't only expressions of gratitude; they're crucial belonging cues that generate a contagious sense of safety, connection, and motivation.

Envision a reachable goal, and envision the obstacles. The thing is, as Oettingen discovered, this method works, triggering significant changes in behavior and motivation.