Behavior Shaping Quotes

Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe.

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.

Training a puppy is like raising a child. Every single interaction is a training opportunity.

The life-history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. From the moment of his birth the customs into which he is born shape his experience and behavior. By the time he can talk, he is the little creature of his culture, and by the time he is grown and able to take part in its activities, its habits are his habits, its beliefs his beliefs, its impossibilities his impossibilities.

First we make our attitudes. Then our attitudes make us.

Any dog can be aggressive; it's basically the way they're raised.

See, a good habit makes a child a man, Whereas a bad one makes a man a beast.

If you really want to change the world, change kids when they're two.

Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences

If you let a child know that you think he is lazy, sloppy, untruthful, unpleasant, and thoughtless, he'll probably prove you are right. Obviously, it is much better to make him stretch to reach a positive image than stoop to match one at ground level.

Experts say that children are not born criminals, nor pampered parasites. They are made that way by the environment in which they live.

I say that habit's but a long practice, friend, and this becomes men's nature in the end.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

It's inevitable your environment will influence what you do.

In film, we sculpt time, we sculpt behaviour and we sculpt light.

I focused on how these people became how they were.

If a person is treated like a patient, they are apt to act like one.

The really good thing about using people who are really green is that you don't have to erase a bunch of bad habits and then put good ones in. You can just start feeding them good habits.

When kids are young, before the age of ten, there is a critical window of opportunity when their habits and motivations can be influenced.

We want the children to conform; we want to control their minds, to shape their conduct, their way of living, so that they will fit into the pattern of society, That is what every parent wants, is it not? And that is exactly what is happening, whether it be in America or in Europe, in Russia or in India. The pattern may vary slightly, but they all want the child to conform.

Natural inclinations are assisted and reinforced by education, but they are hardly ever altered or overcome.

Everything we do is based at adults.

Nature is a definite thing. But nurture is just as powerful. It can really mess with you.