Quotes about Behavior

ought always to try to influence other people for good.

If I understand accountability, but not acceptability, I will live under pressure to behave well in order to be accepted. If I understand acceptability, but not accountability, I may become casually indifferent to sinful living. When I understand first my acceptability and then my accountability, I will be constrained to please the One who died for me, fearful that I might grieve Him, not wanting to, because I love Him.

every personal or behavioral problem one might wish to change (for example, bad temper, perverted sexual desires, depression, anxiety, overeating) results ultimately from violations of the command to love.

we are motivated to meet our needs for significance and security in ways we unconsciously believe will work.

When I began in 1960, individuality wasn't an accepted thing to look for; it was about species-specific behaviour. But animal behaviour is not hard science. There's room for intuition.

Sanctification is dependent upon human behavior and attitude.

Right living is a way to right thinking.

You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry

If I do good, I feel good...If I do bad, I feel bad

Menschen, die keine Laster haben, haben auch nur wenige Tugenden.

Vices are their own punishment.

Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good example.