Sustaining silence and circumspection are two behaviors that lead to better, healthier outcomes. They are powerful without dominating. — Judith Orloff Copy Share Image
To be anthropocentric is to remain unaware of the limits of human nature, the significance of biological processes underlying human behavior, and… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“It's terrible to allow conventional habits to gain a hold on a whole household; to eat, sleep and live by clock ticks.” — Zelda Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Hate to leave the city, but I've got to do the overtime. Gone all the time, even the important times. I should… — Drake Copy Share Image
So the only way I could stave off any of these assaults was to become a gang banger, and to excel, so… — Malik Yusef Copy Share Image
Definitions, contrary to popular opinion, tell us nothing about things. They only describe people's linguistic habits; that is, they tell us what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As this is the first time I have had the floor, it may be well for me now to confess, that I… — Gerrit Smith Copy Share Image
Changing the dialogue and behaviors around race and equality in sports starts with removing barriers and creating opportunities. — Katrina Adams Copy Share Image
“There is a code of behavior which has grown in Western societies which says every available minute must be filled with productive… — BusinessNews Publishing Copy Share Image
“I returned to my pillow and comforter, both of which I loved; they smelled like lavender, and were so cozy, poems should… — Penny Reid Copy Share Image
I catch myself thinking 'Thank God For This' out of habit, and then I understand what he's so concerned about. What if… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I grew up writing thank-you notes. Real, honest-to-goodness, pen-and-ink, stamped and posted letters. More than simple habit, it's about what the commitment… — Taylor Mali Copy Share Image
“there is only this world and that numbing routines and brief squabbles and financial worries are an essential part of it, that… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
The important outcomes of schooling include not only the acquisition of new conceptual tools, refined sensibilities, a developed imagination, and new routines… — Elliot W. Eisner Copy Share Image
I get bored really easily. I get bored with people really easily. I get bored with routine easily. I don’t like things… — Susan Downey Copy Share Image
“For more than forty years, Judith Martin has inspired the world with advice on etiquette excellence, proper behavior, and codes of conduct… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
I don't really get into a writing routine until March or April, when I'll write a few hundred words a day, often… — Lisa Jewell Copy Share Image
“Not only does behavior change the structure of the brain through neuroplasticity; just thinking about or imagining particular behaviors can change brain… — John B. Arden Copy Share Image
You get into the habit of being angry and hurt by life, and then when something good happens you can't accept it… — Alison Lurie Copy Share Image
“Individual organ of human brain makes individual decision for working of brain and driving behavior in humans.” — Santosh Kalwar Copy Share Image
I've found that I can only change how I act if I stay aware of my beliefs and assumptions. Thoughts always reveal… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
“What is this worldly life based on? Ignorance (of the Self). The world gives support to good habits and tries to get… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Vice is man's nature: virtue is a habit -- or a mask. . . . The foregoing maxim shows the difference between truth and sarcasm. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“...agriculture and its attending social changes have likely increased selection for traits such as self-control, lower time discounting, and tolerance for routine… — Marco del Giudice Copy Share Image
Habits are learned. And children learn their habits by watching what we do, not by listening to what we say. So we… — Glennon Doyle Melton Copy Share Image
Sometimes discipline, which means 'to teach,' is confused with criticism. Children-as well as people of all ages-improve behavior from love and encouragement… — Susan W. Tanner Copy Share Image
“The universe has a habit of deleting anachronisms. I saw this coming for Fat if he didn’t get his shit together.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The 2 timeless drivers that underpin the behavior of every generation: the need to belong and the need to be significant. The… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
“She'd known many men in her life but this bear of a man with a lawyer's mind, an accountant's habits, and a… — Cathy Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Love... is a deep unity maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit; reinforced by (in Christian marriages) the grace which… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It's a useful habit to never believe more than half of what people tell you, and not to concern yourself with the… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
“My routine is comforting, like a comforter. But a blanket could easily be used to replace my routine, because a comforter is… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Requirement completeness: Requirements are sufficient to distinguish the desired behavior of the software from that of any other undesired program that might… — Nancy Leveson Copy Share Image
I have this habit to bow my head, as to look shorter, maybe as a result of an unconscious demand of not… — Karl Ove Knausgaard Copy Share Image
The status quo is more tenacious than anyone would ever imagine. The human mind prefers continuity rather than change. So it really… — Roger Martin Copy Share Image
Schools have not necessarily much to do with education...they are mainly institutions of control where certain basic habits must be inculcated in… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
It was never my intention to cause you pain. Whether you feel strongly or very little, that does not excuse thoughtless behavior."… — Jacquelyn Frank Copy Share Image
When I look back on my reading habits when I was really young, I was really drawn to stories about strong girls… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“I'm not saying people should not be held accountable for their hurtful behavior. But the only thing blaming does is to keep… — Art Berg Copy Share Image
“It was always my habit to mark excessively the books I liked. How wonderful it would be, thought I, to see those… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
