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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. - Plato

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. Plato

Desire, Knowledge, Emotion

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Image, Which, Mirror

Practice self-awareness, self-evaluation, and self-improvement. If we are aware that our manners - language, behavior, and actions - are measured against our values and principles, we are able to more easily embody the philosophy, leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do. Frances Hesselbein

Measured, Practice, Against

The 'self-image' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior. Maxwell Maltz

Image, Personality, Change

Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics. Alex Haley

Persons, Racism, Society

It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction. Warren Buffett

Associates, Hang, People

While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there are far too many equations to solve. I'm no better than anyone else at understanding what makes people tick, particularly women. Stephen Hawking

Mathematics, Use, Tell

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. Moliere

Wisdom, Which, Insults

People say I make strange choices, but they're not strange for me. My sickness is that I'm fascinated by human behavior, by what's underneath the surface, by the worlds inside people. Johnny Depp

Worlds, Surface, Sickness

The ABC's are attitude, behavior and communication skills. Gerald Chertavian

One who is kind is sympathetic and gentle with others. He is considerate of others' feelings and courteous in his behavior. He has a helpful nature. Kindness pardons others' weaknesses and faults. Kindness is extended to all - to the aged and the young, to animals, to those low of station as well as the high. Ezra Taft Benson

Sympathetic, Young, Faults

I make mistakes daily, letting generalizations creep into my thoughts and negatively affect my behavior. These mistakes have taught me that the first step to successfully choosing kindness is being more mindful about it, letting go of impatience and intolerance along the way. Daniel Lubetzky

Affect, About, Mistakes

The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior. Abraham Maslow

Give, Security, Fact

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood? Buddha

Appropriate, Other, Woman

I think that when you get dressed in the morning, sometimes you're really making a decision about your behavior for the day. Like if you put on flipflops, you're saying: 'Hope I don't get chased today.' 'Be nice to people in sneakers.' Demetri Martin

Morning, I Think, Sometimes

Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people. Patricia Heaton

Other, Sure, My Own

Rather than dividing the world between good and evil, the Left divided the world in terms of economics. Economic classes, not moral values, explained human behavior. Therefore, to cite a common example, poverty, not one's moral value system, or lack of it, caused crime. Dennis Prager

Dividing, Rather, Divided

I was a terrible student. Still, I managed to get into college, but my daydreaming threatened to sabotage me. I used behavior modification to break the cycle. I started by setting an arbitrary time limit on studying: for every 15 minutes of study, I'd allow myself an hour of daydreaming. I set the alarm. Sandra Cisneros

College, Allow, Study

The ideal of behaviorism is to eliminate coercion: to apply controls by changing the environment in such a way as to reinforce the kind of behavior that benefits everyone. B. F. Skinner

Benefits, Ideal, Controls

I am a gentleman. My natural inclination is to be on my best behavior. Joe Wilson

I Am, Inclination, Natural

Much of the time, the things we feel guilty about are not our issues. Another person behaves inappropriately or in some way violates our boundaries. We challenge the behavior, and the person gets angry and defensive. Then we feel guilty. Melody Beattie

Some, Another, About

When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized. Ayn Rand

Civilized, May, Learns

Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity set the expectations for behavior; they set a standard for our work. More than just a motto, for the men and women of the FBI, Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity is a way of life. Robert Mueller

Standard, Set, Work

When you're the victim of the behavior, it's black and white; when you're the perpetrator, there are a million shades of gray. Laura Schlessinger

Shades, Perpetrator, Black

Most bad behavior comes from insecurity. Debra Winger

Bad, Bad Behavior, Most

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior. M. Scott Peck

Desire, Difficulty, Pain

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