Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple stupid behavior. — Dee Hock 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
I'm not sure the least educated members of the population are missing out on the advances in medical technology as much as… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
My best advice for mental training is simply to create good habits, in order to build a sense of security and calm… — Alexander Gustafsson Copy Share Image
“Here you are. Ten habits of engaged couples. Can you believe someone researched that and then wrote about it? What a total… — Sarah Morgan Copy Share Image
Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior. Your inner drives will propel you further and faster than external perks. — Denis Waitley Copy Share Image
There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
We think of bulimia and anorexia as either a bizarre psychosis, or as a quirky little habit, a phase, or as a… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
“We get along by a symbiotic adjustment of habits and with a minimum of that pale-mauve hostility you often find among women.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I have little routines in the theater. Once I've established something, like the order of putting on makeup and a costume, I… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
The offspring of virtue is perseverance. The fruit and offspring of perseverance is habit and child of habit is character. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Beware young brides: The cruelest behaviors on earth are done in the name of, what some call, 'love.' Therefore, the Shulamite does… — Michael Ben Zehabe Copy Share Image
He will return with a greater understanding of himself, greater leadership capabilities, better work habits, and a better knowledge of what it… — LaVell Edwards Copy Share Image
Behavior precedes belief - that is, most people must engage in a behavior before they accept that it is beneficial; then they… — Douglas B. Reeves Copy Share Image
“Compulsive behavior occurs when the urge to act out is greater than our will to say no. Recovery then, is the process… — Roger Stark Copy Share Image
“It is a great doctor for sore hearts and sore heads, too, your ship’s routine, which I have seen soothe—at least for… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
One of the huge imbalances in life is the disparity between your daily existence, with its routines and habits, and the dream… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Manic depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
No wonder men got impervious to superficial pain, I thought. It came from this habit of hammering each other incessantly. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
These abnormal aspects included the shapes of UFOs and their behavior. Most of the UFOs seen in the daytime were said to… — Don Berliner Copy Share Image
All lies, white or black, disgrace a gentleman, although I grant there is a difference: to say the least of it, it… — Frederick Marryat Copy Share Image
Habits of literary composition are perfectly familiar to me. One of the rarest of all the intellectual accomplishments that a man can… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
In Italy, you're in your comfort zone when it comes to language, lifestyle, your habits and preparations, and moving abroad is not… — Antonio Conte Copy Share Image
Persuading through Simplifying - Using computing technology to reduce complex behavior to simple tasks increases the benefit/cost ratio of the behavior and… — B. J. Fogg Copy Share Image
I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ.… — Patricia Heaton Copy Share Image