“Functional, moderate guilt,” writes Kochanska, “may promote future altruism, personal responsibility, adaptive behavior in school, and harmonious, competent, and prosocial relationships with… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Have you ever done something so far out of your normal behavior that it was freeing?” She wouldn’t plead, but she wasn’t… — Lea Barrymire Copy Share Image
“I was in the habit of calling a kiss a peck. Bulkaen had said “a smack.” As erotic language, such as we… — Jean Genet Copy Share Image
“...the idea of cannibalism had become a handy symbol for unacceptable behavior practiced by "Others"--a broad and malleable category of evildoers that… — Bill Schutt Copy Share Image
I guess none of the sides of my hyphen are particularly subtle cultures. But perhaps there is also a sense that these… — Porochista Khakpour Copy Share Image
Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old - old… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“air. “I can’t see them,” she said. He looked toward the ocean, the forlorn image of the abandoned sneakers and toys—the shoe… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
It is not the organs-that is, the character and form of the animal's bodily parts-that have given rise to its habits and… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Copy Share Image
I think we sometimes think, 'it is just preseason. These games are for the fans mostly.' It's for ourselves to get in… — Larry Johnson Copy Share Image
Trump's erratic behavior has long been the subject of political criticism, late-night-television jokes, and even speculation about whether it's part of some… — George T. Conway III Copy Share Image
Consider these people, then, their way of life, their habits, their manners, the very tones of their voice; look at them attentively;… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
Western parents try to respect their children’s individuality, encouraging them to pursue their true passions, supporting their choices, and providing positive reinforcement… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
Every art, like our own, has in its composition fluctuating as well as fixed principles. It is an attentive inquiry into their… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
“For example, once a month I might actually skip going to the gym one day and instead read about new workout routines,… — Vishen Lakhiani Copy Share Image
The very problem of mind and body suggests division; I do not know of anything so disastrously affected by the habit of… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
We follow the ways of wolves, the habits of tigers: or, rather we are worse than they. To them nature has assigned… — John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
“When you repeat a behavior over time, your brain learns to automate the process. It's more energy efficient to automatically do something… — Stephen Guise Copy Share Image
“One look at the officials in the American Consulate where we went for dreary paper routines was enough to make you realize… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
The usual sniggering examples of animal behaviour were brought in to explain cheating. Funny how the behaviour of shrews and gibbons is… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
I have a house, I try to spend as little time in it as possible. Not always easy on the mind and… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“Glancing back over his shoulder seemed to be habit, for Touch had noticed him do it before, as if the man thought… — Sid Fleischman Copy Share Image
Inside the mirrored elevator, Mulch used a telescopic pointer to push P for the penthouse. For the first few months he had… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
“Martin is always telling me to put all of this behind me, to get on with my life. But the thing is,… — Phoef Sutton Copy Share Image
To everything there is a bright side and a dark side; and I hold it to be unwise, unphilosophic, unkind to others,… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
“Stephen Covey, in his book The 8th Habit, decribes a poll of 23,000 employees drawn from a number of companies and industries.… — Chip Heath & Dan Heath Copy Share Image
“It still took years for me to let go of learned pattern's of behavior that negated my capacity to give and receive… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
“It is believed by many that the military life is one of adventure and excitement. In truth, that life more often consists… — Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Copy Share Image
My mum used to tell me when I was a kid that I had to go to bed at 7.30 P.M., and… — Alicia Vikander Copy Share Image
“Without (hetero)sexual abuse, (hetero)sexual harassment and the (hetero)sexualization of every aspect of female bodies and behaviors, there would not be patriarchy, and… — Robert Jensen Copy Share Image
“A man of the mouth, formerly the most oral of surgeons, Henry had the habit of giving his lady patients laughing gas,… — A.M. Homes Copy Share Image
When I was writing 'Southeastern,' I'd just recently gotten sober. For me, that was a major turning point in my life. It… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
“If you say you’re a dedicated professional, but you show up late and unprepared, your behavior rats you out every time. You… — Darren Hardy Copy Share Image
“The predisposition to religious belief is an ineradicable part of human behavior. Mankind has produced 100,000 religions. It is an illusion to… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Heterosexual people, conforming to conventional dictate, are pillars of the society with which they are identified. Bisexuals and homosexuals, on the other… — Charlotte Wolff, M.D Copy Share Image
“But most mindfulness activities require you to tune into the present moment for just a few minutes, making these habits some of… — S.J. Scott Copy Share Image
“What gets recognized gets repeated; what gets celebrated becomes a habit. Individual recognition and group celebration fuel high performance. Make an effort… — Leslie A. Yerkes Copy Share Image
“We can learn not to take things personally, to understand that behaviors are the results of conditioning, and to make conscious efforts… — Tyler Henry Copy Share Image
“Firstly, although daily actions remained constant, the people around me changed. New backpackers would arrive and leave Hat Rin every week, and… — John Harris Copy Share Image
[Bill] Clinton was able to defeat conservatives, Republicans, at every turn. And so he was given wide latitude, leeway. He could do… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“Instead of regarding them as things that just need to go away, we look at the behaviors as a precious resource, valuable… — Robert Kegan Copy Share Image