Quotes About Behavior

Life, not the parson, teaches conduct.

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or that our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than we suspect of what we think.

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our father's have done them or our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a large part than what we suspect of what we think.

We tend to match the emotions of those around us. For example, we're more prone to become stressed when we're around someone who is high-strung. And we're more likely to be in a good mood when others around us are laughing.

Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels.

A person doesn't feel, then act; rather, he acts, then feels. Change actions to change feelings.

Bad habits: easy to develop and hard to live with. Good habits: hard to develop and easy to live with.

The gap between intentions and actions is character.

Discipline is a given; the choice is whether it is applied internally or externally.

Nafai knew the rule: when a man acts like a child, he's boyish, and everyone's delighted; when a boy acts the same way, he's childish, and everyone tells him to be a man.

Adolescents never understand that the best way to avoid notice is to behave normally.

Law can change how people behave when others are watching that's all.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

Viele Menschen sind gut erzogen, um nicht mit vollem Mund zu sprechen, aber sie haben keine Bedenken, es mit leerem Kopf zu tun.

We have pointed to the way of Jesus, and then through our behavior we have stood squarely in the path of anyone who might like to join it. Plainly, there is a time in our arguments to confess, and confession and changed lives have to be a key part of our arguments. When it comes our responding to hypocrisy, words will never be enough.

Excessively passionate characters have a tendency to behave poorly.

Is this what all you refined gentlemen are like—wishing and pining and never acting?

Drinkers tend to say inane and obnoxious things when they're drunk, but most of them are in fact harmless, innocent souls like this.

Por lo general, las personas no muestran lo terribles que son. (...) Basta que se dé la ocasión para que muestren su horrenda naturaleza.

My wife] called, "Pochi, Pochi, your supper's ready," and laughed as she said, "You may have a personality disorder." A disgusting thought came to mind, "They say that the dog comes to resemble its owner.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act according with the dictates of reason.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life

I forgot that every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character, and that therefore what one has done in the secret chamber one has some day to cry aloud on the house-tops.