Quotes About Behavior

Zemii sunt animale sociabile ÅŸi inteligente, mai mult sau mai puÅ£in. ViaÅ£a lor de zi cu zi cuprinde numeroase reguli de comportamentare, ritualuri ÅŸi ceremonii, înc?lcate îns? atât de des încît e greu de distins între regul? ÅŸi excepÅ£ii.

The descendant who does what is good. His actions all emulate the past. Do not consort with a rowdy. It harms you when one hears of it.

Do not tell lies against your mother, the magistrates abhor it. The descendant who does what is good. His actions all emulate the past. Do not consort with a rowdy. It harms you when one hears of it. If you have eaten three loaves, drunk two jugs of beer, and the belly is not sated, restrain it! When another eats, don't stand there, beware of rushing to the table!

None light of heart is weighty in conduct.

As a man's name is not made small by his actions.

Alcohol doesn't make you an idiot. Alcohol makes it impossible to hide the fact that you're an idiot.

I find that ducks' opinion of me is greatly influenced by whether or not I have bread.

A stable, peaceful society is the training ground for humanity, just as caged animals, removed from the violent unpredictability of the wild, are influenced by the behaviour of their captors in time.

Psychology is as important as substance. If you treat people with respect, they will go out of their way to accommodate you. If you treat them in a patronizing way, they will go out of their way to make your life difficult.

el uso de beneficios materiales para inducir un comportamiento es tal vez el más común de los canales a través de los cuales se ejerce el poder.

When traditional politicians break an important norm, their supporters turn on them, and their political standing suffers. But when celebrity leaders break an important norm, their fans don't turn on the leaders; they turn on the norm. In fact, they rally to the leaders, whose standing often improves, at least in the fans' eyes.

Blurring the lines between politics and entertainment isn't something these leaders do on a lark. They do it because it allows them to get away with behaviors that their more traditional rivals couldn't have dreamed of getting away with in the old world where the political and entertainment spheres were clearly separated.

la importancia cada vez mayor de la ambición como motor de nuestras acciones y conductas

Both power and influence can change the behavior of others or, more specifically, make others do something or stop them from doing it. But influence seeks to change the perception of the situation, not the situation itself.

el poder es aquello con lo que logramos que otros tengan conductas que, de otro modo, no habrían adoptado.

We live in a universe of codes that we sometimes follow and sometimes do not. And we allow others to direct our behavior through their invocation of such codes. That channel of power does not employ coercion; instead, it activates our sense of moral duty. Perhaps the best example is the Ten Commandments: through them, a higher and unquestioned power unequivocally

Power is the ability to direct or prevent the current or future actions of other groups and individuals. Or, put differently, power is what we exercise over others that leads them to behave in ways they would not otherwise have behaved.

Displaying vice to the mockery of men deals it a great blow. Men put up with admonition but are loath to be mocked. One might be willing to be wicked; one cannot bear to appear foolish.

Femeile frumoase au datoria de a ne scoate din min?i.

Die Tugend, deren die Gesellschaft bedarf, ist die Umgänglichkeit; zuviel Gesinnung kann durchaus tadelnswert sein; vollkommene Vernunft vermeidet alle extremen Einstellungen

Un homme incommode à tout le monde, malpropre, dégoûtant, sans cesse un lavement ou une médecine dans le ventre, mouchant, toussant, crachant toujours ; sans esprit, ennuyeux, de mauvaise humeur, fatiguant sans cesse les gens, et grondant jour et nuit servantes et valets.

Tous les discours n'avancent point les choses; il faut faire et non dire, et les effets décident mieux que les paroles.

I become quite melancholy and deeply grieved to see men behave to each other as they do. Everywhere I find nothing but base flattery, injustice , self-interest, deceit and roguery. I cannot bear it any longer; I'm furious; and my intention is to break with all mankind.

Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.