Quotes about Behavior

A habit is a stable disposition to act in a certain way, good or evil. Virtues are good habits; vices are bad habits.

Our attitudes are important! In fact, they are more important than our actions, because they are the foundation upon which our actions are built.

Unbelievers resist truth because it brings to the surface their God-instilled knowledge of right and wrong, which they've buried in order to pursue their ungodly behavior without the annoyance of conscience (Romans 1:18-21).

When chimpanzees embark on a raid, their behavior resembles a monkey hunt. They're out for blood—but this time it's the blood of a member of their own species. Based on chimpanzees' alert, enthusiastic behavior, these raids are exciting events for them.… During these raids on other communities the attackers do as they do while hunting monkeys, except that the target "prey" is a member of their own species.

Teach your kids by modeling what you claim to believe.

To train is to commit to developing strategic habits that equip you to do the right thing in the moment.

I think societal instinct much deeper than sex instinct — and societal repression much more devastating.

If right now our emotional reaction to seeing a certain person or hearing certain news is to fly into a rage or to get despondent or something equally extreme, it's because we have been cultivating that particular habit for a very long time.

See, people are watching you. Especially your children. They're taking in every single thing you do. They are like video cameras with legs. And they are always in the record mode. They learn more from what you do than from what you say.

And when she was good She was very, very good, But when she was bad she was horrid. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude toward us.

Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.