Conduct Quotes

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Has it not. . . invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious control over human conduct than… — Alexander Hamilton
Every man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued. — Jean de la Bruyere
Gradually, everything that happens in the world is coming to be of interest everywhere in the world, and, gradually, thoughtful men and women everywhere are… — Elihu Root
It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them… — Sun Tzu
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. To be more safe, [nations] at length become willing to run the risk… — Alexander Hamilton
Straight praying is never born of crooked conduct. — Edward McKendree Bounds
Praying which does not result in pure conduct is a delusion. We have missed the whole office and virtue of praying if it does not… — Edward McKendree Bounds
And yet the motives of women are so inscrutable. You remember the woman at Margate whom I suspected for the same reason. No powder on… — Arthur Conan Doyle
To punish a man because he has committed a crime, or because he is believed, though unjustly, to have committed a crime, is not persecution.… — Thomas B. Macaulay
No teacher should be required to accept in a class any individual whose conduct habitually interferes with the teaching of others. — Unknown Author
Teachers are the agents through which knowledge and skills are communicated and rules of conduct enforced. — John Dewey
But when all is said and done, the fact remains that some teachers have a naturally inspiring presence and can make their exercises interesting, whilst… — William James
If you conduct yourself as though you expect to be successful and happy, you will seldom be disappointed. — Brian Tracy
High sticking, tripping, slashing, spearing, charging, hooking, fighting, unsportsmanlike conduct, interference, roughing......everything else is just figure skating. — Scotty Bowman
Comrades ! You have voluntarily accepted a mission that is the noblest that the human mind can conceive of. For the fulfillment of such a… — Subhas Chandra Bose
Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept. — Doug Larson
The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The Gospel of Jesus Christ prescribes the wisest rules for just conduct in every situation of life. Happy they who are enabled to obey them… — Benjamin Rush
Why does man regret, even though he may endeavour to banish any such regret, that he has followed the one natural impulse, rather than the… — Charles Darwin
From the day of the Declaration...they (the American people) were bound by the laws of God, which they all, and by the laws of The… — John Quincy Adams

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