Quotes about Behavior
Evil communications corrupt good manners.
— Charles Dickens
Whenever she was particularly discomposed, she always performed one of these pedestrian feats; and the amount of her discomposure might always be estimated by the duration of her walk.
— Charles Dickens
You shall read them, if you behave well,' said the old gentleman kindly; 'and you will like that, better than looking at the outsides,--that is, in some cases; because there are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
— Charles Dickens
Our morality seems to me only a check on the ultimate domination of force, just as our politeness is a check on the impulse of every pig to put his feet in the trough.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
— Oscar Wilde
Laws, enforced by the sword, control behavior but cannot change hearts.
— Gregory Boyd
When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you're made of.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
I truly cannot imagine men with men, women with women, doing what they were not physically created to do, without abnormal stress and misbehavior.
— Jerry Falwell
women and girls begin to bare themselves behind and in front, and there is nobody to punish and hold in check, and besides, God's word is mocked.
— Martin Luther
It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.
— Thomas Jefferson
A codependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior.
— Melody Beattie