Quotes About Behavior

It has always been my belief that children inherit the suppressed tendencies of their parents. A clergyman's son frequently shows abnormal tastes for the pleasures that his father denied himself.

My father used to say that, through culture, humans effectively domesticated themselves.

I learned much from my father just by watching his example. If I saw him hold a door open for someone, I learned to do the same. Kids always observe their parents and I always watched my daddy.

Every father expects his boy to do the things he wouldn't do when he was young.

Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed.

Don't listen to their words, fix your attention on their deeds.

It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.

So it is the fear, weakness, selfishness, and cowardice of onlookers that permit evil behavior to persist.

Fear has a far greater grasp on human action than the impressive weight of historical evidence.

We are more concerned about looking stupid (fear of people) than we are about acting sinfully (fear of the Lord).

The fact that people will be full of greed, fear, or folly is predictable. The sequence is not predictable.

I most fear stupid people. Stupid people will do anything. Truly smart people will do only what is logical for them to do.

Fear is the parent of cruelty.

No child is ever born afraid. Fear is a learned behavior.

Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of fear of falling into disrepute.

Change creates fear, and technology creates change. Sadly, most people don't behave very well when they are afraid.

Fear guides more than gratitude.

While neurological studies have tried to identify components responsible for fear and greed, the impact on finance is less clear.

It's deeply human to do both the worst things and the best things because of your fear of loss.

Anger is one way to respond to fear. I say one way because responses are categorically multiple.

People are kept in line in society because they fear punishment. The assumption that underlies this mentality is that a human being will follow their desires without mitigation.

Fear beyond rational limits forces people to cling to normality

Fear is an effective factor in altering behavior.

Timid people always reek their peevishness on the gentle.