Behavior Quotes

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A man that is well ordered in his soul needeth little the unkind demeanor of worldly people nor yet their proud behavior. — Thomas a Kempis
The ideas by which people . . . interpret their existence and in measure guide their behavior, were not forged in a world of wealth. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Civilization has little to fear from educated people and brain-workers. In them the replacement of religious motives for civilized behaviors by other, secular motives, would… — Sigmund Freud
Loving behavior contributes to the group at the expense of the individual. Competition contributes to the survival of the individual at the expense of the… — Marilyn vos Savant
The best way to behave is to misbehave. — Mae West
The police have no right to do what they have been doing to the protesters. Their behavior has been designed to chill the protester's constitutional… — James Lafferty
Does my behavior in respect of love affect nothing? That is because there is not enough love in me. — Albert Schweitzer
It is important not to suppress your feelings altogether when you are depressed. It is equally important to avoid terrible arguments or expressions of outrage.… — Andrew Solomon
The past doesn't define you, your present does. It's okay to create a vision of the future because it affects your behavior in the "now,"… — Jillian Michaels
We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government. — Zoe Lofgren
Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books, not to be indiscriminately enforced against anyone who happens to be caught violating them, but to… — Orson Scott Card
These slender little people (Homo Habilis), the size of modern 12 year olds, were devoid of fangs and claws and almost certainly slower on foot… — E. O. Wilson
The percent likelihood of a society becoming physically violent if it is physically affectionate towards its infants and tolerant of premarital sexual behavior is 2… — James W. Prescott
Males do not represent two discrete populations, heterosexual and homosexual. The world is not to be divided into sheeps and goats. Not all things are… — Alfred Kinsey
What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece… — Gautama Buddha
To reverence the impersonal creation instead of the personal God who created us is a perversion designed for escaping moral accountability to the Creator. God… — Dave Hunt
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. — Plato
A man's behavior is the index of the man, and his discourse is the index of his understanding. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
Criminal court is where bad people are on their best behavior. It's much more dangerous for lawyers and judges in family court, where good people… — Richard Dooling
The Harvard Law of Animal Behavior holds that under controlled experimental conditions of temperature, time, lighting, feeding, and training, the organism will behave as it… — Joel Garreau

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