Quotes about Behavior

When events turn out so much better for a man than he has had reason to dread, is it not a proof that his conduct has been less foolish and blameworthy than it might otherwise have appeared? When we are treated well, we naturally begin to think that we are not altogether unmeritorious, and that it is only just we should treat ourselves well, and not mar our own good fortune .

Miserliness is a capital quality to run in families; it's the safe side for madness to dip on.

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking.

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a be general natural law.

The significance of the crucifixion is not only what God does for us; consistently throughout the New Testament the crucifixion is portrayed as the pattern that we are to follow. It is a model of social behavior toward the other as well as a statement about what God has done for us.

Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.

Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.

The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

So much of what we do every single day is the result of habits that we have formed over time.

Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president.