Conduct Quotes

930 Conduct quotes by 647 unique authors

The conduct of our lives is the true mirror of our doctrine. — Michel de Montaigne
Behavior, n. Conduct, as determined, not by principle, but by breeding. — Ambrose Bierce
Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people. — Oscar Wilde
Foreign diplomats could have modeled their conduct on the way the Negro postmen, Pullman porters, and dining car waiters of Roxbury [Massachusetts] acted, striding around… — Malcolm X
I have a simple principle for the conduct of life- never to resist an adequate temptation. — Max Lerner
I don't never have any trouble in regulating my own conduct, but to keep other folks' straight is what bothers me. — Josh Billings
Fine conduct is always spontaneous. — Seneca the Younger
Laws and rules of conduct are for the state of childhood; education is an emancipation. — Andre Gide
Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, creator of the Universe. That he governs it by his Providence. That he ought to be… — Benjamin Franklin
If one asks the whence derives the authority of fundamental ends, since they cannot be stated and justified merely by reason, one can only answer:… — Albert Einstein
The spiritual element, the really important part of religion, has no concern with Time and Space, temporary mundane laws, or conduct. — Richard Le Gallienne
I don't conduct myself like a rock 'n' roll star in my day-to-day living. Am I a celebrity? Yes. Do people recognize me on the… — Dee Snider
I think it absolutely necessary that the President should have the power of removing his subordinates from office; it will make him, in a peculiar… — James Madison
Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature of things, be proper or safe judges, whether a war ought to be commenced,… — James Madison
Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others. — Henri Frederic Amiel
The first duty of man is to take none of the principles of conduct upon trust; to do nothing without a clear and individual conviction… — William Godwin
Persons who merely have-a-life customarily move in a dense fluid. That's how they're able to conduct their lives at all. Their living depends on not… — Susan Sontag
What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it. — Miguel de Unamuno
It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and… — Gregory Bateson
You wouldn't be caught wearing cheap perfume, would you? Then why do you want to wear cheap perfume in your conduct? — Margaret Culkin Banning
I do not comprehend those rules of conduct that make us so content with self and so cold to those we love. I detest prudence,… — Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse
I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened. We have not seen them able to conduct any kind of organized attack… — Leon Panetta
I reached a situation in which I cannot conduct the presidency. — Roh Moo-hyun
In society, we have these unspoken rules of conduct, these 'shoulds.' Even though we pride ourselves on being a democracy, there are all these ways… — Chris Noth
There had been observed in this country certain streams of influence which are causing a marked deterioration in our literature, amusements, and social conduct...a nasty… — Henry Ford

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