Behavior Quotes
2056 quotes by 1425 authors
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As patterns of obedience develop, the specific blessings associated with obedience are realized and belief emerges. Desire, hope, and belief are forms of faith, but…
— Kevin W. Pearson
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We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all, the science of daily life, the science of behavior, we…
— D. H. Lawrence
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Deposits of unfinished grief reside in more American hearts that I ever imagined. Until these pockets are opened and their contents aired openly, they block…
— Robert Kavanaugh
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To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one's life without knowing where it really leads; such is…
— Mencius
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Although prison officials have long battled illegal cellphones, smartphones have changed the game. With Internet access, a prisoner can call up phone directories, maps and…
— Kim Severson
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The love of liberty that is not a real principle of dutiful behavior to authority is as hypocritical as the religion that is not productive…
— Joseph Butler
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Parents must get across the idea that "I love you always, but sometimes I do not love your behavior."
— Amy Vanderbilt
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The advances of biology during the past 20 years have been breathtaking, particularly in cracking the mystery of heredity. Nevertheless, the greatest and most difficult…
— H. Bentley Glass
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Mathematics is a form of poetry which transcends poetry in that it proclaims a truth; a form of reasoning which transcends reasoning in that it…
— Salomon Bochner
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It's important to recognize your own self-destructive behavior and be honest about it. You're only hurting yourself or losing out on your truth and happiness.…
— Christina Aguilera
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A person who sins neither in thought nor deed, and is fair and just, gains enormous courage and strength. As a leader, you need courage…
— Konosuke Matsushita
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Each person decides in early childhood how he will live and how he will die... His trivial behavior may be decided by reason, but his…
— Eric Berne
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Danger lurks when we divide ourselves with expressions such as "my private life," "my professional life," or even "my best behavior." Living life in separate…
— Russell M. Nelson
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Of course, if you photograph the behavior of women and men at a particular time in history, in a particular situation, you will capture differences.…
— Carol Tavris
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If you can rhythmically slow down your breath to four breaths a minute, you can indirectly control your mind and slow it down from its…
— Harbhajan Singh Yogi
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...Virtually never are murderers the ordinary, law-abiding people against whom gun bans are aimed. Almost without exception, murderers are extreme aberrants with lifelong histories of…
— Don Kates
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Genetically influenced behavior is not necessarily good and not necessarily unchangeable. Explanations of bad behavior that appeal to genes do not absolve a person any…
— Steven Pinker
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Serious or trivial, his daily behavior has instituted a canon which millions observe this day with conscious memory. No one regarded by any section of…
— David George Hogarth
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If he who breaks the law is not punished, he who obeys it is cheated. This, and this alone, is why lawbreakers ought to be…
— Thomas Szasz
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One study says that 90 percent of our everyday behavior is based on our habits. . . That means how we treat people, how we…
— Joel Osteen
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