Behavior Quotes - Page 16

Because of such conjointedness, behavior that exerts no effect whatsoever on outcomes is developed and consistently performed

It is no more informative to speak of self-efficacy in global terms than to speak of nonspecific social behavior

The more absolute the need, the more predictable the behavior becomes until it is mathematically certain.

Levity of behavior, always a weakness, is far more unbecoming in a woman than a man.

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

Taking faith seriously leads to the utility of altruistic behavior.

Genetically influenced behavior is not necessarily good and not necessarily unchangeable. Explanations of bad behavior that appeal to genes do not absolve a person any more than do explanations that appeal to upbringing.

At least 260 species of animal have been noted exhibiting homosexual behavior but only one species of animal ever, so far as we know, has exhibited homophobic behavior - and that's the human being.

Everything is explicable in the terms of the behavior of a small child.

Behavior of such cunning cruelty that only a human being could have thought of or contrived it we call 'inhuman,' revealing thus some pathetic ideal standard for our species that survives all betrayals.

Since survival is the sine qua non, I now define the "moral behavior" as "behavior that tends toward survival".

And so, surpassing my own records for dangerous, reckless behavior, I ripped off Sonya's bracelet. "I'm Rose Hathaway.

It's too bad that it takes egregious behavior or some kind of crisis to get people to take notice and get clearer about things that were just below the surface.

Mice deficient in this protein, called p11, display depression-like behaviors, while those with sufficient amounts behave as if they have been treated with antidepressants.

Whatever behavior you've experienced from people in the past, expect them to do it again and again and again.

Monstrous behavior is the order of the day. I'll tell you when to be shocked. When something human and decent happens!

Knowing that one is always capable of change, the second step lies in making the decision to change. Change does not occur by merely willing it anymore than behavior changes simply through insight.

I trust that no loving thought goes unnoticed, even when I do not see immediate gratitude or behavior changes in the other person.

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

At one of my lowest points, sugar had a painful grip on me. I'd buy/binge and then beat myself up over my behavior.

I believe in rules of behavior, and I'm quite interested in stories about the consequences of breaking those rules.

Autism is defined by looking at behaviors. And everybody looks at behaviors differently.

If you take control of your behavior, your emotions will fall into place.

Maternal behavior helps when you have to be patient with nonverbal creatures.

There's never been a rule of human behavior that hasn't been broken by someone, somewhere, sometime, in some circumstance mundane or spectacular. To be human is to transcend the rules.