Behavior Quote by David D. Burns Download Open image “Guilt serves a powerful social function in terms of policing our behavior.” — David D. Burns ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Behavior Function Guilt Habits Powerful Regret Social Term
Guilt at times, actually encourages people to have more empathy for others, to take corrective action, and to improve themselves. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other peoples best interests. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other people's best interests. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway. — Isabelle Holland Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, of course, guilt is an artifact of agricultural-age religion and is designed specifically to prevent humans from thinking and operating on a collective… — Timothy Morton Copy Share Image
Guilt is also a way for us to express to others that we are a person of good conscience. — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
A poor self-image is the magnifying glass that can transform a trivial mistake or an imperfection into an overwhelming symbol of personal defeat. — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
Most people do surprisingly poorly when dealing with a relative who is hurting, depressed, or anxious - we get defensive and try to solve… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
The first principle of cognitive therapy is that all your moods are created by your 'cognitions,' or thoughts. A cognition refers to the way… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
“In one sense, depression can feel even worse than cancer, because most cancer patients feel hope as well as self-esteem.” — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
More often than not, the belief that you are bad contributes to the "bad" behavior. Change and learning occur most readily when you (a)… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
I had the fear of heights when I was young, along with many other fears and phobias, including the fear of dogs, bees, horses,… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
“The attitude that depression is necessary strikes me as destructive, inhuman, and victimizing.” — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
“know about the brain's hardware and software. How does the firing of a nerve or a series of nerves get translated into a thought… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
“There was nothing dreadfully wrong with me, I was just upsetting myself with my irrational thinking. I just couldn't admit it until I knew… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
“Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
“And most important, nobody could love or relate to you. It would be impossible to feel any love for someone who was flawless and… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behaviour. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I now know that deep within the human concept is something dark, selfish, and completely willing to do whatever is necessary to support the… — Melissa West Copy Share Image
The number of poor, and poorly prepared, students who succeed in college and beyond undercuts the simplistic notion that economic or educational disadvantage is… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
To behave creatively in art means behavior with skill; and skill comes from discipline, not derangement. The artist who knows the rules -and proportion… — Burne Hogarth Copy Share Image
You don't put milk in chamomile tea - that's disgusting behavior! That's not right. — Laura Fraser Copy Share Image
The laws of thermodynamics, as empirically determined, express the approximate and probable behavior of systems of a great number of particles, or, more precisely,… — J. Willard Gibbs Copy Share Image
I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority.… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
I think we've told a lot of lies about human behavior through film. — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior. — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
