Quotes About Behavior

I don't think human beans are all that bad-" "They're bad and they're good," said Pod; "they're honest and they're artful- it's just as it takes them at the moment".

However, if damaging behavior can be limited through the relationship rather than the contract, all manner of benefits in terms of speed, flexibility, cost, and information exchange can result. Unfortunately, these benefits are counterintuitive

Close your mouth, Michael; we are not a codfish.

It's not what one is, it's what one does with it.

5. You may celebrate and enjoy the delights of your spirited child. You can concentrate on strengths, appreciate her tender heart, and tickle your fancy with her wild stories and crazy creations. It is appropriate and right to tell her when she is good, instead of when she is bad, to teach her the right way to behave rather than to punish her for innocent errors. Your spirited child possesses personality traits that we value in adults. It is never too early to begin proclaiming her virtues.

Because they are more, much of the advice that works for raising other children is ineffective with spirited kids. To ignore your child's tantrums is ridiculous. He can rage for an hour because you opened the door when he was expecting to do it himself.

when we hold positive thoughts, it changes our behavior. We are more open, tolerant, and creative, and as a result we smile more, give more information, and are more patient.

They are normal children who are more intense, persistent, sensitive, perceptive, and uncomfortable with change than other children.

I live in a kind of controlled awareness. I wouldn't call it fear, but it's an awareness. I know I have a responsibility to behave in a certain way. I'm able to do that.

how sex roles are determined by the forces around us rather than our genes.

She's also showing me behavior I've never even heard of, like passenger road rage.

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.

I do earnestly wish to see the distinction of sex confounded in society, unless where love animates the behaviour.

You don't just get it, the way you just get a cold; you take it into your head, consider it as an idea first, play with the behaviors awhile, see if they take root.

Some people who are obsessed with food become gourmet chefs. Others become eating disorders.

it is the desire of the gifted person to live authentically and not suppress the First Nature traits that produce what some consider aberrant behavior.

she replied, "My lord, are you suggesting that I try to teach you to stop acting so wolfishly, just as I have taught the children?

To give your positive or negative attention to something is a way of giving energy. The most damaging form of behavior is withholding your attention.

Arrogance frowns; pride smiles.

Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.

Women encourage men to be childish, then scold them.

The discipline of action, then, is concerned with learning how to properly act in the world, both toward ourselves and toward others.

Cei st?pâniÈ›i de un viciu ascuns pot identifica È™i analiza lucid mecanismele interne ale acelui viciu, când îi afecteaz? pe ceilalÈ›i.

Most of the time, it is not imbeciles or bigots who do the most stupid things. Some of the most problematic things are done by some of the smartest people.