Quotes About Behavior

My cat is not insane, she's just a really good actress.

And being mean? It takes energy. As in, you wake up in the morning and you've got only so much energy for the day, and being mean just sucks it right out of you. It's exhausting.

You know the worst thing about bad people, Grace? It's what they make good people do.

a crucial measure of our success in life is the way we treat one another every day of our lives.

RUDENESS IS THE WEAK MAN'S IMITATION OF STRENGTH. —Eric Hoffer

We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light (p. 41).

Some may say that by being civil to each other we stifled our self-expression. But we can also say that we chose to express one part of ourselves rather than another. Although it may appear that we give up self-expression when we exercise it, in truth restraint can be as much an expression of our Selves as is unfettered behavior. Yes, practicing civility may limit our immediate gratification. That's why we are tempted to be rude (p.24).

you've got to plan for the nonshopper as much as the shopper.

Remember that more than 60 percent of what we buy wasn't on our list. And

or what has been termed the "decompression zone," as among our most meaningful and useful work. It

But his virtue was a matter of habit only and he had no philosophy

Whether it's just a pesky little annoying behavior you'd like to tweak or a major problem that has you at the end of your rope, you must shift your thinking in order to look at the possible true cause, as well as determine whether its truly a behavior problem or a normal behavior that needs a better alternative.

Limit catnip to once or twice a week.

However we treat the child, the child will treat the world.

People's youthful quirks can harden into adult pathologies. What's adorable at 20 can be worrisome at 30 and dangerous at 40.

Avoid castigating your child in front of others.

Avoid the company of wickdes, otherwise you have to pay a heavy price.

The lustre of a virtuous character cannot be defaced, nor can the vices of a vicious man ever become lucid. A jewel preserves its lustre, though trodden in the mud, but a brass pot, though placed upon the head, is brass still.

Fundamentally, I've always been shy—an extroverted introvert,overcompensating with performative social-butterfly behavior.

Humans were designed by evolution to live in societies, but they may not understand how societies work.

So obviously, any religion embodies some form of rules and expectations for behavior, and even sometimes consequences, and they don't want to hear any of that.

When a man throws an empty cigarette package from an automobile, he is liable to a fine of $50. When a man throws a billboard across a view, he is richly rewarded.

In reality, serial killers are of average intelligence.

I mean, if a person acts irresponsibly in his own life, he will pay the consequences. And it's not so much divine retribution as it's built into the law of nature.