Quotes About Positive Behavior

#1. Simplicity has power. Founding our life on constructive, positive behavior is the simplest, most direct, and powerful approach I've ever found-simple, but not easy.

Dan Millman

#2. While it is positive for young black males and females to learn discipline and self-responsibility, those attitudes, values, and habits of being can be taught with pedagogical strategies that are liberatory, that do not rely on coercive control and punishment to reinforce positive behavior.

Bell Hooks

#3. It is easier for most of us to affirm positive behavior than to deal with negative behavior in a positive way.

H. Norman Wright

#4. I think that Americans should gradually begin to adopt positive behavior rather than doing evil. They should not expect an immediate reaction in return for their positive measures. It will take time.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#5. Guilt rarely results in positive behavior. But gratitude? Great things flow from a heart of gratitude.

Andy Stanley

#6. Every action you take has consequences. Bad habits (negative behavior) produce negative consequences. Successful habits (positive behavior) produce benefits and rewards.

Jack Canfield

#7. My parents and grandparents did not tolerate idle thoughts or behavior. If the action did not have a purpose or lead you in a positive direction, their feeling was "why bother?" This is how I was built. This is why I refuse to fail.

Carlos Wallace

#8. Out of one hundred random thoughts that pass through your mind, ninety-five are your brain's indirect responses (positive & negative) to what you believe others think of you.

Saurabh Sharma

#9. Positive reinforcement changes behavior for the better, while criticism stabilizes negative behaviors and blocks change.

Virginia H. Pearce

#10. There isn't a single one of us who hasn't harvested either the positive or negative effects of a simple choice of behavior.

Paul McCabe

#11. Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences.

Stephen Covey

#12. Tantrums are not bad behavior. Tantrums are an expression of emotion that became too much for the child to bear. No punishment is required. What your child needs is compassion and safe, loving arms to unload in.

Rebecca Eanes

#13. The way we talk and our behavior should reflect positively on God.

Jim George

#14. Three great actions:
To do what is right,
To love mercy, and
To walk humbly with Yahweh.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#15. Look for the positive qualities in your client's negative behavior.

Marilyn Suttle

#16. self-determination theory." Many theories of behavior pivot around a particular human tendency: We're keen responders to positive and negative reinforcements, or zippy calculators of our self-interest, or lumpy duffel bags of psychosexual conflicts.

Daniel H. Pink

#17. Some regulatory phenomenon could drive us to gain weight, which would in turn cause a positive energy balance - and thus overeating and/or sedentary behavior.

Gary Taubes

#18. The fact is, as actors, everything we do, bad or good, is a contribution. To me, it is a positive thing to give people as wide a range of human behavior with some sense of understanding of that behavior or some clue to it.

Grace Zabriskie

#19. Like me or don't like me, I'm not going to adjust my behavior, just to gain a few more positive fans.

John Rocker

#20. Conventional compliments often take the form of judgments however positive, and are sometimes offered to manipulate the behavior of others. NVC encourages the expression of appreciation solely for celebration.

Marshall B. Rosenberg

#21. Parental behavioral factors - including fathers who are responsive and positive, mothers who favor "self-directed child behavior," and parents with emotional intimacy in their marriages - influence a child's development two to three times more than any form of child care.

Sheryl Sandberg

#22. Parenting is a spiritual path that can bring you great pain and great joy and that can have a tremendous positive impact on your personality and your behavior.

Vimala McClure

#23. And whenever you encounter a problem, no matter how insurmountable it might seem, there is one simple response that should be ingrained in your behavior: Never give up.

Stedman Graham

#24. To change undesirable behaviors we see in the world, we must change the thinking that leads to those behaviors.

Donald L. Hicks

#25. Goodness is a special kind of truth and beauty. It is truth and beauty in human behavior.

Harry Allen Overstreet

#26. The truth of who you are and what you believe is projected in your behavior. Everything else, either positive or negative, is a mix of stories, lies, delusions, and manipulations.

Steve Maraboli

#27. Love may be nothing more than a complex interaction of hormones, conditioned behavior, and positive reinforcement, but try writing a poem or song about that.

Rick Yancey

#28. A horse that has made a positive change in his behavior needs an opportunity to 'soak', to concentrate on & digest what he has learned. He needs his quiet time. Given this opportunity, his response will be better the next time you work with him.

Buck Brannaman

#29. A bad life doesn't justify bad behavior. It's time to stop playing the blame game and take responsibility for your own actions. You have control of your life from here.

Blaque Diamond

#30. Positive reinforcement generates more behavior than is minimally required. We call this discretionary effort, and its presence in the workplace is the only way an organization can maximize performance.

Aubrey Daniels

#31. I think adversity magnifies behavior. Tend to be a control freak? You'll become more controlling. Eat for comfort? You'll eat more. And on the positive, if you tend to focus on solutions and celebrate small successes, that's what you'll do in adversity.

Gretchen Rubin

#32. A positive attitude influences our behavior and dictates a successful approach.

Brian Michael Good

#33. Keep my word positive. Words become my behaviors. Keep my behaviors positive. Behaviors become my habits. Keep my habits positive. Habits become my values. Keep my values positive. Values become my destiny.

Mahatma Gandhi

#34. To best influence someone's behavior, be a personal example. - Be the one who points out the bright side and serves compliments rather than complaints.

Russell Kyle

#35. The more attention you pay to a behavior, the more it will be repeated. Accentuating the positive and redirecting the negative are the best tools for increasing productivity.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#36. Don't react to any angry actions, words and behaviours. Keep your quiet spirit, peace and calmness.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#37. We know that people who consistently meditate have a singular ability to cultivate positive emotions, retain emotional stability, and engage in mindful behavior,

Sharon Salzberg

#38. To give your positive or negative attention to something is a way of giving energy. The most damaging form of behavior is withholding your attention.

Masaru Emoto

#39. If practice makes you perfect
shouldn't good behavior be added
to the curriculum

Cornelia "Connie" DeDona

#40. Take stock of your thoughts and behavior. Each night ask yourself, when were you negative when you could have been positive? When did you withhold love when you might have given it? When did you play a neurotic game instead of behaving in a powerful way? Use this process to self-correct.

Marianne Williamson

#41. Focusing on the negative often creates situations that demoralize people. When good performance is followed by a positive response, people naturally want to continue that behavior.

Kenneth H. Blanchard