Behavioral Transformation Quotes

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become.

We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.

We cannot, in a moment, get rid of habits of a lifetime.

When a tiger changes his nature, Englishmen will change theirs.

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

Before a person can achieve the kind of life he wants, he must think, act, walk, talk and conduct himself in all of his affairs as would the person he wishes to become.

Learning is defined as a change in behavior. You haven't learned a thing until you take action and use it.

I don't wanta hear all your word descriptions of words words words you made up all winter, man I wanta be enlightened by actions.

To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits.

Drugs age you after mental excitement. Lethargy then. Why? Reaction. A lifetime in a night. Gradually changes your character.

Bad habits are easy to develop but difficult to live with. Good habits are difficult to develop, but easy to live with. If you are willing to be uncomfortable for little while, so you can press past the initial pain of change, in the long run, your life will be much better.

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Attitude drives actions. Actions drive results. Results drive lifestyles.

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

One or two years ago, I didn't know who I was on court and I used to swear a lot. But now I've learned how to cope and can therefore win 10 matches in a row. I want to be remembered as a good player rather than an idiot on court.

Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.

Show, not tell, right? Action, not words. You don’t want to hear how sorry I am or how things will be different this time. You want to see it with your own eyes. And until I can show you that, you won’t tell me what I want to hear.

Children, after being limbs of Satan in traditional theology and mystically illuminated angels in the minds of educational reformers, have reverted to being little devils; not theological demons inspired by the evil one, but scientific Freudian abominations inspired by the unconscious.

To achieve any change in the minds of the youth, there must be reorientation in terms of materialistic tendencies, corruption and crime generally.

That energy which makes a child hard to manage is the energy which afterwards makes him a manager of life.

The danger is that people may mistake what is basically a change in vocabulary for a change in behavior, practices, and attitudes. While practically all Americans have learned to talk inoffensively, not enough have learned to think differently, nor act positively.

I am convinced that we become what we do.

If you wanted to remold people, you had to break them down first.

It is facile to imply that smoking, alcoholism, overeating, or other ingrained patters can be upended without real effort. Genuine change requires work and self-understanding of the cravings driving behaviours.