We have employments assigned to us for every circumstance in life. When we are alone, we have our thoughts to watch; in the family, our tempers; and in company, our tongues.
Leadership Is Performance. You Have To Be Conscious Of Your Behavior, Because Everyone Else Is.
One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.
Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.
When I was younger, I felt like I could say anything and it was funny. I've started to realize that what I say and do does affect everybody around us. I'm not just talking about what you put on a record - even just walking into a store and how you interact with the person behind the checkout counter.
When people are watching you, it makes you think twice about what you do, and the things you say, and the people you hang around with.
When I do things I shouldn't do, my mother says I need a new pair of glasses -- that I should be be looking differently at the choices I make.
The best cure for one's bad tendencies is to see them in action in another person.
Accept yourself. But realize your behaviors can be bad.
I remember watching myself on video and being so disappointed with myself because I was constantly moving around the place and laughing. I thought, 'I must be so much louder than I think I am. From inside it feels fine.'
If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.
We're not served by only knowing our finest hours through film or media, or in the history that we are taught. I think the only way we have a chance to not make the same mistakes again, is to historically understand the bad behavior and mistakes we've made previously.
