Conduct Quotes

930 Conduct quotes by 647 unique authors

We give advice, we do not inspire conduct. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life, often after decades… — Kofi Annan
We have voluntarily agreed to let an invisible government sift the data and high-spot the outstanding issues so that our field of choice shall be… — Edward Bernays
An honourable agreement among men as to their conduct toward women, and it was devised by women. — Don Herold
Among those whose reputation is exhausted in a short time by its own luxuriance are the writers who take advantage of present incidents or characters… — Samuel Johnson
...One who possesses four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there. What four? Bodily good conduct, verbal good conduct, mental good conduct, and… — Gautama Buddha
In all their wars against the French they [the Americans] never showed such conduct, attention and perseverance as they do now. — Thomas Gage
Everyone says you have to be a specialist, and if you conduct Wagner you cannot conduct Mozart - this is nonsense. — Georg Solti
If we understand the mechanisms and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will… — Edward Bernays
RTE was set up by legislation as an instrument of public policy, and, as such is responsible to the government. The government have overall responsibility… — Sean Lemass
If proper in their own conduct, what difficulty would they have in governing? But if not able to be proper in their own conduct, how… — Confucius
My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense gratification as poison.… — Chanakya
Moral excellence is an ornament for personal beauty; righteous conduct, for high birth; success for learning; and proper spending for wealth. — Chanakya
It is more than twenty years since we left the city. This is a serious chunk of time, longer than the years we spent living… — Yotam Ottolenghi
The gospel alone is sufficient to rule the lives of Christians everywhere - any additional rules made to govern men's conduct added nothing to the… — John Wycliffe
I wonder if, in fact, we have been observed by aliens and upon close examination of human conduct and human behavior they have concluded that… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
I think there are certain business matters which we must now conduct differently than we used to. — Vince McMahon
You will probably have but a short time to live. Before you launch into eternity, it behooves you to improve the time that may be… — Thomas McKean
Most conduct is guided by norms rather than by laws. Norms are voluntary and are effective because they are enforced by peer pressure. — Paul Collier
I often conduct an orchestra in my sleep; my orchestras are so huge that the back desks of the violas vanish into the horizon. And… — Jean Sibelius

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