Quotes about Behavior
Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works.
- Martin Luther
One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing and saying.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
When a man does exactly what a woman expects him to do she doesn't think much of him. One should always do what a woman doesn't expect, just as one should say what she doesn't understand.
- Oscar Wilde
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
- Henry Ward Beecher
A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.
- Thomas a Kempis
When a person does something, it has the man or woman look about it. It drips with humanity. You can follow the logic of it and see the meaning behind it.
- Charles Swindoll
A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.
- Charles Spurgeon
A man who cannot control his temper is not very likely to control his passions.
- David O. McKay
It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.
- Edmund Burke
Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
- Tertullian
You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
- Tertullian
To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
- Theodore Roosevelt