Quotes about Behavior

But there is also purpose in that life which is almost barren of both creation and enjoyment and which admits of but one possibility of high moral behavior: namely, in man's attitude to his existence, an existence restricted by external forces.

Is there no spiritual freedom in regard to behavior and reaction to any given surroundings? Is that theory true which would have us believe that man is no more than a product of many conditional and environmental factors—be they of a biological, psychological or sociological nature?

This is the story of Dr. J., the mass murderer of Steinhof. How can we dare to predict the behavior of man? We may predict the movements of a machine, of an automaton; more than this, we may even try to predict the mechanisms or dynamisms of the human psyche as well. But man is more than psyche.

The immediate influence of behavior is always more effective than that of words. But

An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior. Even we psychiatrists expect the reactions of a man to an abnormal situation, such as being committed to an asylum, to be abnormal in proportion to the degree of his normality.

The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.

Gran was just being polite. Southern people are supposed to be polite and gracious. She's trying to show me how to be the same way.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners

What we do flows from who we are.

Keep up appearances whatever you do.

"Do other men for they would do you." That's the true business precept.

Do the wise thing and the kind thing too, and make the best of us and not the worst.