Behavior Quotes · Page 50

A child's natural form of behavior is play, and in our aim to educate, play should be honored and preserved for as…

— Rebecca Goldstein

I know I have a fairly strong feminine side. I find myself really distanced from male behavior.

— John Malkovich

The measure of and self-congratulation for our own intelligence should have its basis in our moral behavior as well as our smarts.

— April Gornik

“I watched him, sardonic, cynical. A great poet, truly, yet unkind. The gifts of our nature seem not to modify the manner…

— Jeanette Winterson

There are absolutely ways to manipulate behavior, because our behavior is endlessly being manipulated by the world around us.

— Robert Sapolsky

The True Test of Character Of A Person, Is Not How Much We Know How To Do, But How We Behave When…

— Pacifiersucker

We will use the actions of others to decide on proper behavior for ourselves, especially when we view those others as similar…

— Robert Cialdini

The worst condition of humans is when they lose knowledge and control of themselves.

— Michel de Montaigne

Kids model their behavior after their parents. It's easy to tell our children to turn off their phones by 7 P.M., but…

— Randi Zuckerberg

Codependents are reactionaries. They overreact. They under-react. But rarely do they act. They react to the problems, pains, lives, and behaviors of…

— Melody Beattie

In every advanced mammalian species that survives and thrives, a common anthropological characteristic is the fierce behavior of the adult female of…

— Marianne Williamson

The thing I have discovered about working with personal finance is that the good news is that it is not rocket science.…

— Dave Ramsey

Industrial society seems likely to be entering a period of severe stress, due in part to problems of human behavior and in…

— Cyril Connolly

What avail all your scholarly accomplishments and learning, compared with wisdom and manhood? To omit his other behavior, see whata work this…

— Henry David Thoreau

People's behavior is not always changed based on a loss. I remember my dad or my uncle used to say, 'If that…

— Ralph Macchio

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

I think the Democratic Party is firmly in the wilderness right now and doesn't know exactly what to do. We talk about…

— Sam Rasoul

Behavior influences consciousness. Right behavior means right consciousness. Our attitude here and now influences the entire environment: our words, actions, ways of…

— Taisen Deshimaru

Indeed, girls can be so in need of social approval that they confuse harassment for acceptance--thinking that any attention is better than…

— Leora Tanenbaum

If only we could love ourselves enough to dare to approach God, what constructive dreams he would give us! What noble possibilities…

— Robert H. Schuller

The means of communication, the irresistible output of the entertainment and information industry carry with them prescribed attitudes and habits, certain intellectual…

— Herbert Marcuse

Showing up to games year after year, no matter what the product on the field gives you back, is a learned behavior…

— Joe Cowley

There is nothing so necessary, but at the same time there is nothing more difficult (I know it by experience) for you…

— Lord Chesterfield

“Trying to change our habits demands effort and effort takes energy - which is a cost. And our brains constantly look for…

— Peter Bevelin

I'm very interested in animal behavior, and the relationship of human beings to other animal behavior.

— Lynne Tillman

I'm always amazed at how consistent people find me and my behavior, when in fact I do feel different all the time.

— Michelle Pfeiffer

Schizoid behavior is a pretty common thing in children. It's accepted, because all we adults have this unspoken agreement that children are…

— Stephen King

We can't just have mainstream behavior on television in a free society, we have to make sure we see the whole panorama…

— Jerry Springer

The 'terrorist' behavior of petitioners is remarkably similar to the conspiracy of violence and intimidation carried out by the Ku Klux Klan.

— Dawn Johnsen

New York City is a mismanaged carnival of stupidity that is desperate for revenue and anxious to criminalize behavior once thought benign,

— Alec Baldwin

I have always been convinced that one can be more successful in business with honest, fair and legal behavior than with tricks.

— Heinrich von Pierer

It's the "Success Paradox." When a set of behaviors has gotten you somewhere, you keep doing them even though the circumstances have…

— Lewis Schiff

My mother wasn't rational those last years; if she had been, she would have been horrified by her own behavior.

— Lorna Luft

Behaviors are a choice. Feelings are sometimes out of our control. Behavior has to do with choices.

— Randall Terry

“Challenging behavior occurs when the demands and expectations being placed upon a child outstrip the skills he has to respond adaptively.”

— Ross W. Greene

My happiness isn't connected to my husband's or my boss's or my children's behavior. You have control over your own actions, your…

— Michelle Obama

The link between rational individual behavior and collectively desirable outcomes is extremely tenuous.

— Robert H. Frank

In a radio interview [Ted] Cruz compared [Donald]Trump's behavior to schoolyard children throwing taunts at each other, vowing not to take part.

— Chris Hayes

The first years of a child's life are too important for a child's future - their development, earnings, behavior, and health -…

— Shakira

Our behavior toward others is often a reflection of our treatment of ourselves.

— Tal Ben-Shahar