Through constant familiarity, we can definitely establish new behavior patterns, using our tendency to form habits to our advantage. If we make… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“The behavior of businesses that I have already talked about — as well as well-publicized customer service fiascos (like Costco’s transition to… — Brian de Haaff Copy Share Image
“To begin with rationality in opinion: I should define it merely as the habit of taking account of all relevant evidence in… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It occurred to me that when a person chooses certain behaviors, they have complete, 100% control over their choices. But once the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“That is one of the tricks of opportunity. It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
The castle-building habit, the day-dreaming habit - how it grows! what a luxury it becomes; how we fly to its enchantments at… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“And you create your own attitude, and your attitude influences your behavior. Always be aware that you have the power to choose… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
College campuses are a focus of prevention efforts for meningococcal disease because of the increased incidence of the disease during adolescence and… — Erik Paulsen Copy Share Image
“The revival of magical beliefs is possible today because it no longer represents a social threat. The mechanization of the body is… — Silvia Federici Copy Share Image
I've never really focused on if I had good habits when I sang or if I had bad habits, or if I… — Rodney Atkins Copy Share Image
Young children need to develop good habits that will be useful to them the rest of their lives. It is important to… — Bill Rancic Copy Share Image
“The rulers of your minds indulge in proverbs, but they've forgotten the main one, that love cannot be forced, and they have… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
Sometimes tradition and habit are just that, comfortable excuses to leave things be, even when they are unjust and unworthy. Sometimes--not often,… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
As a female, you are often being asked by directors to be warmer, softer, flirt more, smile more etc... None of those… — Trieste Kelly Dunn Copy Share Image
“The reality is that most of us lived our first decades feeling welcome only when certain conditions applied: we felt safe and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“salvation. You have received salvation, now you need to learn how to walk according to your new nature. Those who have addictive… — Eddie Snipes Copy Share Image
Our behavior is different. How often have you seen a headline like this?--TWO DIE ATTEMPTING RESCUE OF DROWNING CHILD. If a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“When viewed from this perspective, personal growth can actually be quite scientific. Our values are our hypotheses: this behavior is good and… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Our lives are fed by kind words and gracious behavior. We are nourished by expressions like 'excuse me' and other such simple… — Edward M Hays Copy Share Image
Is it absurd to imagine that our social behavior, from amoeba to man, is also planned and dictated, from stored Information, by… — Albert Claude Copy Share Image
Every writer, by the way he uses the language, reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacities, his bias…Avoid the elaborate,… — William Strunk, Jr Copy Share Image
“What’s important to remember is that while human beings in general can engage in toxic behaviors from time to time, abusers use… — Shahida Arabi Copy Share Image
Smoking I find the most ridiculous of all the varieties of human behavior and practically the only one that is entirely against… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
“The human female’s sexual behavior is typically far more malleable than the male’s. Greater erotic plasticity leads most women to experience more… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
We are all on a collision course with ourselves. Inevitably, our existing habits will be counter-productive to achieving our bigger picture goals.… — John Fairclough Copy Share Image
“The critical habit of thought, if usual in society, will pervade all its mores, because it is a way of taking up… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
People regulate their level and distribution of effort in accordance with the effects they expect their actions to have. As a result,… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
“I settled into a contented routine of working, spending my free time with Veronica and, back in my student room, wanking explosively… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
I've heard people say that God is the gift of desperation, and there's a lot to be said for having really reached… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Very deliberately, she reversed her shower routine, scrubbing herself from bottom to top. She wasn't a robot or a disabled autistic girl.… — Helen Hoang Copy Share Image
Rather than dividing the world between good and evil, the Left divided the world in terms of economics. Economic classes, not moral… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
To be told that our child's behavior is "normal" offers little solace when our feelings are badly hurt, or when we worry… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
“Operna did not understand this habit of Indian men. If they could letch at her so overtly, they might as well ask… — Manu Joseph Copy Share Image
I struggle with being really hard on myself with everything, even good things, like saying 'good job' to myself, or being like,… — Chappell Roan Copy Share Image
“Nobody ever got started on a career as a writer by exercising good judgment, and no one ever will, either, so the… — George V. Higgins Copy Share Image
I have so fixed the habit in my own mind that I never raise a glass of water to my lips without… — Stonewall Jackson Copy Share Image
“To create new positive tracks, add this practice to your morning routine: Imagine 3-4 activities you have planned for the day State… — Kathy Obear Copy Share Image
“Pioneer social psychologist Leon Festinger made sense of that behavior in his 1950s study, When Prophecy Fails . Festinger and two colleagues… — Gershom Gorenberg Copy Share Image
Our repeated failure to fully act as we would wish must not discourage us. It is the sincere intention that is the… — Thomas Troward Copy Share Image
When we look at the matter from another point of view, great caution would seem to be required. For the habit of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
