Behavior Quote by Bill Vaughan

Our lives are fed by kind words and gracious behavior. We are nourished by expressions like 'excuse me' and other such simple courtesies...Rudeness, the…

— Edward M Hays

We make every effort to see that our actions live up to our words and be vigilant with regards to our behavior.

— Thomas Sankara

A lot of our lives are about being polite.

— Rachelle Lefevre

One of the things I found is that the things we want to say for well-intentioned motives often cause more harm than good. People…

— Philip Yancey

Each of us is leading a difficult life, and when we meet people we are seeing only a tiny part of the thinnest veneer…

— Derren Brown

Kind words cost no more than unkind ones . . . and we may scatter the seeds of courtesy and kindliness around us at…

— Jeremy Bentham

We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

When people can say to themselves - "What I'm doing is justified," there is little chance of their modifying a behavior.

— Stanton Peele

There is nothing settled in manners, but the laws of behavior yield to the energy of the individual.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is the human things that make life good, the unexpected kindness, the friendly note, the bracing word, the neighbour's extra loaf of bread…

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

The very essence of politeness seems to be to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us…

— Jean de la Bruyere

In our own case we accept excuses too easily; in other people's, we do not accept them easily enough.

— C. S. Lewis