Conduct Quotes

930 Conduct quotes by 647 unique authors

He was obliged however to throw over Christianity. Those who base their conduct upon what they are rather than upon what they ought to be,… — E. M. Forster
It would be inappropiate, undignified, at 38, to conduct friendships or love affairs with the ardour or intensity of a 22 year old. Falling in… — David Nicholls
The soul grows into lovely habits as easily as into ugly ones, and the moment a life begins to blossom into beautiful words and deeds,… — Kate Douglas Wiggin
The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment. — Confucius
Naptime,ʺ said Christian, leading her toward the bed. ʺI still need a shower.ʺ ʺSleep first. Shower later.ʺ He pulled back the covers. ʺIʹll sleep with… — Richelle Mead
George's son had done his work so thoroughly that he was considered too good a workman to live, and was, in fact, taken and tragically… — Thomas Hardy
Barbarian --A Code of Conduct honored by all true barbarian warriors, requiring excellent coordination with weapons, closeness to nature, awkwardness with women, common sense, and… — Piers Anthony
Philip wasn't the sort of man to make a friend of a woman. He wanted devotion. I gave him that. I did, you know. But… — Dorothy L. Sayers
Fortunately, her year of graduate classes prepared her for obnoxious conduct. — Leslie Marmon Silko
Remember, we can judge better by the conduct of people towards others than by their manner towards ourselves. — Maria Edgeworth
Good conduct arises out of good doctrine. — John Stott
...but sometimes we have to make the best of things, and the way we conduct ourselves when the chips are down... — Harper Lee
You should be thankful that dark colors suit you. Not everyone wears black well." "Why, Lady Olivia, is that a compliment?" "Not so much as… — Julia Quinn
Do you know who you are? God made you a woman. Accept His gift. Don't be afraid to be feminine and to add physical and… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Morality is seldom a safe guide for human conduct. — Penelope Fitzgerald
What is less often noticed is that it is precisely the kind of moral instruction that parents are constantly trying to give their children —… — J I Packer
If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a very false conclusion. — Calvin Coolidge
But the philosophical and scientific process which I call 'secularization' necessarily involves the divesting of spiritual meaning from the world of nature; the desacralization of… — Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
Because one does not want to be disturbed, to be made uncertain, he establishes a pattern of conduct, of thought, a pattern of relationship to… — Bruce Lee
Acceptable rules of conduct were suspended when it came to the spoon shortage. The deficit had gotten so bad that prices were all but unaffordable,… — Jasper Fforde
The only humility that is really ours is not that which we try to show before God in prayer, but that which we carry with… — Andrew Murray
You will be interested to hear, Hilary, that it [the drug] had a most remarkable effect — even on Selena after a very modest quantity.… — Sarah Caudwell
Marianne Dashwood was born to an extraordinary fate. She was born to discover the falsehood of her own opinions, and to counteract, by her conduct,… — Jane Austen
There is always an inertia to be overcome in striking out a new line of conduct – not more in ourselves, it seems, than in… — Thomas Hardy
Clichés, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting us against reality. — Hannah Arendt

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