Best 941 quotes in «behavior quotes» category

Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.

Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a metropolis is unbearable.

Usually monsters are some aspect of human behavior or humanity at large.

Values determine behavior; Principles determine the consequences of behavior.

Values must be demonstrated through behaviors, but they are truly significant when they represent the beliefs of an entire organization.

Valued achievements connect to people at a deeper level—and a deeper level can change behavior that is generally very difficult to change.

Venus herself, if she were bold, would not be Venus.

war is, in some not yet entirely defined sense, a self-replicating pattern of behavior, possessed of a dynamism not unlike that of living things.

We all have unresolved shame, because it is used as a tool to control behavior.

We also have to acknowledge that there are Millennials who don't know of the Clintons of the nineties, and we've always suspected that once they found out that... I mean, Bill Clinton's behavior was celebrated by Democrats in the nineties. Even by the feminazis!

Wealth is not determined by investment performance, but by investor behavior.

We are not interested in a proxy war. Our objective is to change Russia's behavior.

We are the recorders and reporters of facts - not the judges of the behaviors we describe.

We are not buried in history, but surrounded by it. You can't avoid our behavior being shaped by it, to a considerable degree. We have this fantasy that we are free of history. This allows us not to see the circumstances, the historical circumstances of other people.

We are witnessing a seismic change in consumer behavior. That change is being brought about by technology and the access people have to information.

We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government.

We can't change the fossil fuel companies' behavior in isolation from the rest of the industrial system. As long as they have customers, they're going to continue to operate, whether or not we divest of their stock. However, divesting might be helpful in terms of disrupting the story that what these companies do is perfectly okay. This situation differs from apartheid in a key regard though: racial equality in South Africa was no threat whatsoever to capitalism as we know it. Ending the fossil fuel era is a much deeper change.

We can only know in the nervous system what we have known in behavior first.

We can't just have mainstream behavior on television in a free society, we have to make sure we see the whole panorama of human behavior.

We have this revolution that's happening in our lifetime. The Information Revolution is changing absolutely every industry and every part of life and society and behavior.

We don't act the same in every situation. Things bleed into all kinds of other things, from behavior to identity.

We express true love in obedience to God and service to others- not reckless or selfish behavior- and we choose these behaviors.

We have a responsibility toward the other life-forms of our planet whose continued existence is threatened by the thoughtless behavior of our own human species. . . . Environmental responsibility – for if there is no God, then, obviously, it is up to us to put things right.

We have seen that in certain respects operant reinforcement resembles the natural selection of evolutionary theory. Just as genetic characteristics which arise as mutations are selected or discarded by their consequences, so novel forms of behavior are selected or discarded through reinforcement.

We have the power to abstain from destructive behavior.

We humans are conflicted beings. Our beliefs don't always harmonize with our instincts, and our behavior doesn't always reflect our beliefs. ... We wage war between the person we are and the person we hope to become.

We hunt and fish or we'll go nuts dealing with the criminal behavior of our elected officials.

Weird behavior is natural in smart children, just as curiosity is to a kitten.

We know of no behavior in ants or any other social insects that can be construed as play.

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.

We have a lot to learn from [bonobos], because they're a very egalitarian society and they're a very empathetic society. Sexual behavior is not confined to one aspect of their life that they set aside. It permeates their entire life.

We must not demonstrate any arrogance, and we must refrain from any irrational or undemocratic behavior.

Well in the history of the See's Candy Company they always say, "I never did it before, and I'm never going to do it again." And we cashier them. It would be evil not to, because terrible behavior spreads.

Well, what is acting but the study of human behavior? And that's so fascinating to me.

We make every effort to see that our actions live up to our words and be vigilant with regards to our behavior.

We must change all elements of our behavior that are in conflict with gospel... covenants.

We need to break free from the habits of mind and behavior, to discover the possibilities of who we can become.

We no longer live in a post-Christian society, we live in an anti-Christian society, one in which the Christian faith is dismissed or ridiculed and Christians are considered suspect and their motives and behavior berated.

We mute the realization of malevolence- which is too threatening to bear - by turning offenders into victims themselves and by describing their behavior as the result of forces beyond their control.

What could be more interesting to students than their own behavior and that of others?

We see and understand more about our behaviors.  We come aware.  And aware.  And aware. . . Often, we feel uncertain about what to do with all this awareness.

We would be ashamed of our best behavior if the people knew the motives of our behaving so.

What activities, behaviors, or decisions have been most responsible for your success in life? Do more of them.

What is human behavior, except trying to prove that we're not animals?

What I mean by it, and roughly what most biologists who talk about culture mean by it, is either behavior itself, or information that leads to behavior. Information that is picked up through social learning - so, from being with, watching, being taught by others. It's a way that individuals behave or get information about how they will behave that comes directly from the behavior of others.

What happened in the milliseconds before a behavior to cause it? That's in the neurobiological realm.

What we now consider to be radical behavior was to early believers nothing more than a sincere attempt to live obediently.

What's the good of being stoical if nobody notices?

What people don't realize about Donald Trump - and I don't even know if Donald Trump realizes it - is that every tweet he unleashes against you - and maybe this isn't true for everyone, but in my case it certainly was - creates such a crescendo of anger and, in my case, again, threatening behavior that it would send my life into lockdown.

What should a brand leader advertise?Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.